Oh my dear,

My dear little caterpillar

Don’t you cry

You’ll soon grow into a beautiful butterfly.

As the universe reveals my destiny

Little legs jumping jolly,

Knowing the tears in my eyes,

Will one day fossilize.

Residing in an unjust world,

Scary experiences that make me curl

Yet I refuse to lie in my deathbed

Because my beautiful mother once said,

Oh my dear,

My dear little caterpillar

Don’t you cry

You’ll soon grow into a beautiful butterfly.

Confident in my capabilities

I’ll climb the mountain efficiently

“There’s nothing to be afraid of,

I have to stay tough!”

Although darkness may creep

Think about the horizon at the peak

Reward so sweet, so tender

My motivation to hike as I remember;

Oh my dear,

My dear little caterpillar

Don’t you cry

You’ll soon grow into a beautiful butterfly.

But dreams pause as we awaken,

Stories are never continued, ends are taken

People step and step and step

My soft body full of regret, regret, regret

I tried my best, yet the effect seemed to bend

Has evil still found its way in the end?

Horizon transformed into pitch black,

Time invested that could never be taken back.

Fatigued I climb up a tree,

I digest myself in darkness, the future I foresee

Blood oozes from my aching body

“I give up, I’m just a nobody”

Hanging pretty before I lose my time

I think to myself “Was it not worth the climb?”

If I had to die, I’d like to die beautifully

Maybe being a butterfly was just a dream I was too blind to ever see

And as I hang up at night, I hear voices outside

And I’ll listen to the memories as they cry

Soon, I hear wings that flap and purify

The voice of a beautiful butterfly;

Oh my dear,

My dear little caterpillar

Don’t you cry

You’ll soon grow into a beautiful butterfly.

At last! Freeing from the cocoon

Wings that spread and bloom

My mother’s promise pursues

As my destiny is proven,

 so true

Rewarded for my resilience

The view of the horizon, an experience

Oh fellow caterpillars, don’t be so quick to die

Be persistent to morph into a beautiful butterfly.