caterpillars

caterpillars caterpillars
everywhere you look
creeping into corners
no one gives a fuck
peering from the darkness
in the shelter of a door
praying for forgiveness
hungry cold and poor

caterpillars caterpillars
down upon their luck
pleading from their makeshift beds
no one gives a fuck
pressing against cold brick
crawling on the floor
crying for their past lives
hungry cold and poor

caterpillars caterpillars
now it’s time to shuck
your ugly padded cocoons
no one gives a fuck
that you die a frozen butterfly
at last you dip and soar
soaring with the seraphim
no longer hungry cold and poor