Hopping from flower to flower,
Wrapped in a rainbow of your own,
O my dear creature of beauty,
Reveal to me your secret unkown
***
I’ve met your siblings, your babies,
Your neighbours, your better half,
Such outstanding beauty you all possess,
In your aura, I all but gaffe
***
Seating herself gracefully on a leaf,
She folded her hands gently and said,
Ever given it a conscious thought?
If not, roll it around now in your head
***
No butterfly is ever ugly, you know,
But that is what we have become,
After a long journey, not so pretty,
What you see now, is its sum
***
We were not always bright like this,
Ugly we were, all mottled and grey,
Cramped together, fighting to survive,
In one place, a group of larvae
***
Change we did, with time and toil,
Overcoming our our ugly skin,
Spring we do lovely colourful wings,
And a new life we begin
***
Butterflies are never ugly,
For they go through a tough spell,
Having fought it all and making it,
In their beauty, they now revel
***
DDey said,
September 10, 2011 at 12:47 am
Absolutely brilliant!! And beautifully motivating! Great job Pritz…as usual!!
Shamit Bagchi said,
September 10, 2011 at 7:44 am
Brilliant! Period.
Karthik said,
September 10, 2011 at 9:09 am
Lovely poem Pritesh !
really enjoyed it … Hope to see you blogging frequently again 
geetha said,
September 10, 2011 at 9:44 am
as an ecologist, unfortunately, I find all stages of the butterfly beautiful
. But lovely metaphor 
laasya said,
September 10, 2011 at 12:47 pm
i didnt understand most of it..but particularly liked the bit about the ugly skin and colourful wings!
madhurima said,
September 12, 2011 at 5:43 am
brilliant!:)
Pritesh said,
September 12, 2011 at 11:16 am
Thanks DDey, Madhurima and Shamit……….
Thanks anyway 
Thanks Karthik, I sure hope I will be penning things more often
Laas, I think you need a break from Lab
And ya Geetha, I can see what you mean
Jaydeep Hingne said,
September 14, 2011 at 12:54 pm
cool stuff!!!