Caterpillar To Butterfly Metamorphosis Birth Poem by Terence George Craddock

within chrysalis old body parts are recycled
liquid soup dissolved caterpillar gets full
makeover undergoing not mere plastic surgery

but a complete remarkable transformation
tissue limbs organs caterpillar are gone
metamorphosis remake into beautiful parts

a new creature a new being will emerge
butterfly slow miracle time first emerges
from chrysalis into a totally new world

both wings still soft folded against its body
butterfly space fit all grew new parts inside
pupa a wonder new being growth chrysalis

slender long thin legs walk it baby spread
those wings sunlight preflight time dry
where old heart walked new heart will soar