Butterfly Blue,

Butterfly Red,

Lightly you tread

Upon the leaf

and gaze ahead.

Beware the world,

with its dangers

of wasp and mantis.

Who would dare feast

upon your beauty?

Butterfly you inspire

the world to transform.

You sit in your cocoon,

having eaten your fill.

The world awaits your emerging

one sunny day,

and reminds us all

of the promise

we hold.