My Thoughts As A Monarch

 

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I’ve often wondered what it would be like to be a beautiful butterfly,
So I put myself right inside the butterfly’s head to give it a try.
This Poem documents my thoughts trying to be that wild insect,
As he goes about his life so carefree, and his thoughts I reflect.

 

 

 

 

 

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My Thoughts As A Monarch

 

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I just now cracked out of my egg on top of this bright green leaf.
I’m stretching my legs as they are cramped and need some relief.
Look, there’s another egg hatching on the green leaf just next to me.
And there is another just cracking open that will be the third of three.

 

 

 

 

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Wow, they’re funny looking with a black head and white ugly body,
I guess I look must like that too, so we must all look very shoddy.
I’m so very hungry and feel like I’m just about to starve to death.
This milkweed leaf I’m on looks so good I’m going eat its breadth.

 

 

 

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Ummm, I’ve been eating non stop for a days and my body did change,
I’m now a black, yellow, and white caterpillar handsomely arranged.
I have this feeling that I have eaten enough, so I will hang just here.
I feel like shedding my skin to a cocoon make around my body so near.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I’ve been hanging  for days in this cocoon and my rest is complete.
I feel like my whole body has changed while I hung there to sleep.
I’m coming out now and I am spreading my wings so they will dry,
Wait, I now have these beautiful wings and I guess I can now fly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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There’s a beautiful flower over there and I am hungry for nectar,
Now I’m floating through the air so smoothly so I can get there.
I love this metamorphous that has changed me into a Butterfly.
Life is sweet and I am so beautiful now not understanding why.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Something inside me is now telling me to head North right now,
I don’t know why, but it seems all of us have this instinct somehow.
So off we go on our long trek flying together resting in big bunches,
Heading for our unknown destination just because of our hunches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We’ve been traveling a while and we have gone our different ways.
I’ve reached a place called Frisco very near to Dallas on this day.
I see boys down there, so I guess I’ll stop and say hello to those two.
If they are nice to me, I will make my summer home here too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I really like that tall boy so I guess I’ll fly down and give him a kiss.
Yes, he is so nice so I’ll summer here and have a lot of fun bliss.
There are so many flowers here to keep me busy with their nectar.
I also saw a few of my buddies fly down near here in this nice sector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I’ve been enjoying life in this area all summer, but I’m getting an ache,
To head back down South as the cool weather is just about to break.
Sadly, I’ll have to leave my boys and this wonderful Frisco area behind,
But I’ll be flying out right at daybreak tommorrow on down the line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve traveled by air for a while now and I have reached my birth place.
I’m feeling kind of frisky now so it’s going to be a very fun mating race.
Soon, I will tbe laying my eggs right on top of the big green leaves,
And my short Monarch Butterfly’s life cycle will again be fully achieved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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By Bill

 

 

 

 

 

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Thanks for reading My Thoughts As A Monarch,
Bill