Fitting into this world-teenage problems

IF ONLY CATERPILLARS COULD FLY.

I don’t think my fascination with butterflies was ever with one. Since childhood, I have always seen gardens overflowing with roses, bees, dragonflies, lilies, rhododendrons, and at last, daisies . But there was one single thing I never witnessed in my life-baby butterflies. I have seen gaudy wings lined with silver slowly making their way to a dew-lit rose, or a butterfly suddenly dropping to the ground. I have always questioned the uncertainty of life. I have seen birds teaching their kidlings to fly, feeding them worms through their beaks, grooming each other, and chirping happily. Sadly, I never heard a mention of a butterfly learning about her life, never seen anyone teaching it what to do when. From where is it all coming from? you may ask. That is how miserable it gets. I searched online-”baby butterflies”-and found nothing, only to discover they never existed. Actually, it is a lifeless, ugly, wingless, and slimy caterpillar who a…

Originally published at https://prismandpencil.blogspot.com on June 26, 2026.