Caterpillar crawling on the floor
Who can tell you, rich or poor?
Drab in color, weak and slow
Humble creatures here below.
Golden chrysalis hanging free
Deathlike stillness on the tree
Yet unseen, entombed mysterious
Unfolds the silent metamorphosis
Glittering monarch of the air
Flashing gold and black so fair
Flight to worlds beyond the sea
Take me with you, soaring free