An insignificant creature am IÖ
I've nothing to boast but that I exist.
Thought quite unimportant, I can be more.
ComeÖ Look upon my pitiful form and you will seeÖ

I am looked down upon and sneered at by some.
Totally overlooked by others, I'm of no consequence at all.
Oh, meaningless wretch that I am! This is my life.
One day at a time, step by step, inch by inchÖI WILL BE MORE!

Having so little to offer, but I offer ALL that I am.
Asking what I have to give, I answer, "I give you me."
Not much am I now, but somedayÖ Somehow, I will be more.
Watch meÖ Tend to meÖ Nurture me, and you will see!

Slowly, but surelyÖ A day at a timeÖ I am changing.
I feel the growing pains come and retreat to my shell.
All who have laughed me to scorn believe to have proven their opinion of me.
ButÖ Deep inside my haven, the metamorphosis beginsÖ

Having withdrawn for but a while, I only waitÖ
In the world I have cocooned about myself, I am growingÖchanging.
Taking on the life of a recluse, I know not how long I must wait.
But after the storm of mocking and scorn, I will emerge and....Enter The Butterfly!