Caterpillars unknowing of their butterfly future

only with issues of sickness and I need to go to bed

do they build their chrysalis

and only hope on return to feel better

until the metamorphosis happens. 

do they remember their life as a caterpillar

stuck to the limb of the tree 

perished on the ground 

dying on the sidewalk

is that why their wings flutter so vibrantly? 

the caterpillar wanted to fly.