The Nature of Change
/Consider the caterpillar
Born a lowly worm
Dedicated to one task:
Preparing for its appointed time
To enter its chrysalis
And through magical transformation
Emerge, changed, as the butterfly
Painted with colors unknown to the worm
Winged for flight as an angel
Lowly no more
But now soaring the heavens
Its hues part of the palette of Nature
Consider too the young child
Her mind open to experience and learning
Hungering for discovery
Knowledge
Truth
Ever curious
Ever searching
And, growing into adulthood
Taking her place in society
Leading, teaching, growing
Unlocking the mysteries of life
And sharing them to the betterment of all
Her life a part of the brilliance of Humanity
But then also consider
The child who ceases to seek
To inquire
To learn
Whose mind closes to facts
And grows instead to embrace Fear
Bigotry
Hatred
Rejecting Truth
Adopting conspiracy theories
To justify his warped point of view
Closing himself off from society
In lieu of “me” and “mine”
Recall the caterpillar becoming the butterfly
And realize that Nature embraces change
As Improvement
Beauty
Truth
And that “change” not meeting this aesthetic
Is unnatural
Against Nature
And that such unnatural change in Man
Is against the progress
Of Humanity
Pursue change
In all its Truth
Knowledge
And Beauty
And revel
In the new world it may make
And the transformation
Which true change brings
By Mike Turner
From: United States
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