Stuck in a whirlwind
the leaves in the tornado
ever swirling, carried along
gathering speed and distance
but never really getting anywhere
how can a leaf move on
from the only tree its ever known
but how can it go back?
it can't, really
a small duckling
waddling slowly
trying to keep up with its family
a small child finds her
picks her up and strokes her
puts her down next to her mom
but there's no going back
she's not full duck anymore
rejection, loneliness
how can the duck live on without its family
how can the ducky go back now?
she can't, really
cotton is grown and then
picked and then shipped
and spun into clothing
and sold and then worn
but pulling apart the clothes
by its threads you'll see
it can never become cotton again in the same way
its a new substance now
its never known this life
how could it go back to the fields?
it can't, really
the caterpillar crawls along
feeding and squirming and living
and due to its instinct
one day when its had its full
it hangs upside-down
and allows life to take its course
and days later, eating its way out again
it can stretch, it can fly
its transformed to something foreign
to something its never experienced before
how can it leave behind everything it knows
how could it go back to its first state?
it can't, really
and why would it want to?
I love this :) You are really good.
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