Change of Plan

Caterpillars ugly but they die pretty.
God know why he make them so.
He told me the reason.
I forget what he said.

I love with most of my heart
God says always keep a little for yourself.
Now I know why.
Seen my tombstone.
Ones with the rest of my heart showed me.
Real nice of them.
I want to postpone the funeral 
to count my blessings.
Can’t wait they say
Program done printed.
Killer obituary.
Family flying in to pay respects.

Meta-morph-a-what-ever. 
Caterpillars can, so why can’t I?
Ask God. It ain’t my time. 
Rebirth resembles Death. 
Or precedes it.
Can't do one without the other.
Reconnect to life to live again. 
Reset the breaker, 
plug in the stove, 
make some tea.

Get in the coffin they say.
We gone eulogize you.
Talk about how lousy you was
Why we glad you gone.
How we miss you already. 
You was a good man still
Now you gone burn in heaven.

Straight jacket too damn tight.
Expectations strangling.
Break free.
Just like drowning. 
Forget which way is up. 
Yet. I always know 
Come up for air. 
Breathe! 
Feeling free and falling relentlessly. 
Giddy from the motion of standing still. 
Memories swirl and dance on the horizon, 
Turn into smoke. 
Sail away into the distance
over the edge of the earth.
The dirty cocoon drops.

You changed they tell me.
If you better now, how come I can’t see it.
Let the wings dry, jackass.
Flying ain’t easy.
Those who stay on the ground always think it is.
They imagine you don’t have a care in the world.
God know that’s a lie.
Big ugly lie.

Casket still there. 
Gone use it someday.
Just not now.
Got too much flying to do.