The Caterpillar Who Tried to Be a Moth

Little Caterpillar desired to fly. But the world was too large so Little Caterpillar wanted to cry. Little Caterpillar so confused and lost. Little Caterpillar needed a friend no matter the cost. Little Caterpillar looked up from the trees. Little Caterpillar found a moth flying with ease. Little Caterpillar watched the moth radiate and beam. It was out living what Little Caterpillar could only dream. Little Caterpillar loved the moth very much so. For what she was And her ability to grow. Little Caterpillar and the moth quickly became friends. Little Caterpillar's innocence slowly fades As her personality bends. Little Caterpillar admires the moth with all of her heart. So much so that she's willing to break herself apart. Little Caterpillar so tired of being alone tethered herself to the moth until Little Caterpillar became a clone. Little Caterpillar couldn't do anything without hearing the moth's voice. Do this. Wear that. Change this. Until Little Caterpillar felt there was no other choice. Little Caterpillar felt herself disappear. Little Caterpillar was living her dream, yet her own cries were all she could hear. Little Caterpillar spent years bound by chains. The moth pleads innocent. “I never caused you pain.” Little Caterpillar believed in the plea. But then Little Caterpillar became too much and the moth had to flee. Little Caterpillar was just a pawn. Used to be a replica, Little Caterpillar was broken and gone. Little Caterpillar Broken and chipped, never saw it coming until the moth changed the script. Little Caterpillar spends months trying to put the pieces back. Little Caterpillar finally learns It wasn't the ability to fly that she lacked. Because Little Caterpillar Was still meant to fly. Her personality just shined so bright that the moth needed to dim her sky. The world needs moths, but it needs butterflies too. And how can Little Caterpillar grow into a butterfly if she's so busy trying to be you?