The animal kingdom is filled with almost an infinite variety of creatures. Scientists discover new species and sub species every year. Each one is a wonder onto itself and one could labour for years to uncover its secrets. It is an unfortunate fact that the closest that most of us get to wildlife is through bars at the zoo. Our urban lifestyle has the effect of cutting us off from the glorious world of the animal kingdom.
Every animal has a lesson to teach us that we are not hearing. We may think that we have evolved, the question is, at what cost?
A Butterfly Life
As the caterpillar sleeps inside its cocoon
Like a baby wrapped in her blanket
She waits and waits until she blooms Into a beautiful new life
With wings of deep sapphire blue
She takes her first flight, soaring high Into the clear cornflower sky
She flutters over to perch on the pink flowers
To sip the sweet nectar of pure gold
But this butterfly is daintier than a ballerina
Like a leaf in the wind, but controlled
So delicate and fragile
But so free, so free this butterfly will always be.
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