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Chrysalis

April 23, 2013
By tinkerbell0221 GOLD, Newark, Delaware
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tinkerbell0221 GOLD, Newark, Delaware
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Live, Laugh, Love

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A lonely caterpillar
On a road of lost hope
A beautiful cocoon
Wrapped tightly and gently
With secrets of the untold

An ordinary caterpillar
Just wanting to know her way
Suddenly tired
So full of leaves
A nap she needs

A nap she must take
So long cruel world
She will no longer be ridiculed
Sleep a while she will
Waking slowly but rested

Emerging lighter, happier
A lone caterpillar
Emerging a beautiful butterfly
Fly away, fly away
On amazing colored wings

Fly she does

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© Susan R., Iselin, NJ

The author's comments:
This poem symbolizes a journey that I took a few weeks ago. to most it will seem like just another poem about a caterpillar becoming a butterfly but it is not. it is about a journey from feeling alone and ugly to becoming filled with joy and love and feeling freely beautiful.
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