Butterflies

Butterflies begin with a tiny, pale coloured egg.
Underneath the fragile shell is a baby caterpillar.
Two days later, cracking through the eggshell, a larvae escapes.
Teeth tearing through plants, the young eat hungrily, needing the energy to grow.
Each time it grows, the caterpillar sheds skin.
Reaching a spot on a plant, upside down, caterpillars cocoon in a chrysalis.
Formed wings and antennae appear as the caterpillar rests.
Leaving the safety of the chrysalis, metamorphosising.
Young caterpillars now fly free as a butterfly.

Into the sky they fly high.
Never going to come down.

Butterflies fly so much to get to their destination.
Losing a lot of energy on the way.
Until they can’t fly no more.
Eating plants to get energy to continue to fly.

Soaring through the sky.
Keen to fly higher.
Imagining their new home before they even get there.
Eager to fly faster.
Seeking a place to rest and a place to go.