METAMORPHOSIS

there was life in an egg, life encapsulated,
shielded and protected from harsh realities
and endearing beauties
but life cannot be forever encased, for it then ceases to be life
for life feeds on freedom,lives on liberty
life breeds on decisions,spawning more life or creating monsters.
life,seeking to increase its experience
to enhance its scope of existence
broke out of its shell, crawled out into a new world

the warm,bright sunlight on its rippling back,
the vast expanse of gren,green grass -true freedom
but life did not fail to notice,lurking in the shadows
hostile lives,predators,life which feeds off other lives.

life was happy and carefree
the field,its new home,offered more than its previous home -the shell
life rejoiced in living,
life gloried in the sunshine,was glad when it rained
life met more life like itself
and by learning more about other life,
life learnt more about itself

life was content
until the day it looked upwards, and beheld the vast blue sky
life then realised that there was a higher scope of existence
it noticed the celestial creatures, graceful and delicate,
exquisitely beautiful which lived therein
life decided to join them.
by forsaking the here and now for the then and after,
life gave up its new found freedom-
the happiness,the warm sunlight and the refreshing rains it was so familiar with
life gave up even sojourn with other lives
that which was free decided to give up its freedom
in search of a higher freedom.
life decided to pay the price
enduring encapsulation
cocooned
life travailed in agony
until one day the shells fell off
and life sprung into a new world
reborn
a celestial creature,graceful and delicate
exquisitely beautiful,
a new being
to dance on the wind, and to share its life with the living.