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Break Free
The caterpillar knew
That where the caterpillars stood
Was on the leaf.
The leaf is safe.
You’re not too high
Or in the way.
You can stay right here
All through the day.
“But why stay here?”
The caterpillar asked.
“Why can’t I fly high?
High into the sky
Like the butterfly.”
“I could flap my wings
And fly away.
Instead of being confined
To the leaf all through the day.”
But the other caterpillars said
“You can never go up there
To where the butterfly flows.
You’re just a caterpillar you know”
So the caterpillar stayed on the leaf
Like the other caterpillars said,
Yet all the while he had dreams
Of flying dancing in his head.
He imagined flapping his colorful wings
And flying from flower to flower.
He could be anywhere he wanted
No matter the hour.
Then one day the caterpillar
Could take it no more.
He pushed as hard as he could
And broke free from the mold.
He flapped his wings and flight took hold.
He said to the others,
“Hey look at me, I’m flying away.
I just became a beautiful butterfly today!”
But the other caterpillars said to him,
“You can’t just become a butterfly
And flap your wings and go.
Get back on the leaf.
You’re a caterpillar you know.”
But the now butterfly knew
There was no going back.
He said to them, “You can be
A butterfly too and fly away.
You don’t have to stay a caterpillar forever.
You can change!”
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