Look at the world

With a naked eye

And you will see

A butterfly.

Look at the world

A little bit closer,

Now the wings

Are full of colour.

Look at the world

Behind the colour,

And there will be

A caterpillar.

Look at the world

Back in the present.

Focus on colours,

No longer fluorescent.

Look at the world

And study the dimmer.

Lost of all brightness,

Lost of all glimmer.

Look at the world

Beyond the now

And butterfly wings

Will all shrivel down.

Look at the world.

Where has it gone?

Once there was beauty,

Now there is none.

Look at the world.

What have you done?

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I've told my parents many times that this is a giant metaphor. I'm not sure if they've got it yet.