I POEM

I am a butterfly who lays its eggs on milkweed.

I wonder if I will be eaten.

I hear the sound of the rain.

I see dinner in the flowers.

I am a butterfly who lays its eggs on milkweed.

I pretend I am dancing with the wind.

I touch the beautiful, sweet flower.

I worry there won't be enough milkweed to lay my egg.

I cry because I don't know my parents.

I am a butterfly who lays its eggs on milkweed.

I understand that I will be dead after I lay my egg.

I say to myself, "Be strong."

I dream of being powerful.

I try to see my child.

I hope I will be strong.

I am a butterfly who lays its eggs on milkweed.

Reagan Yang 

4th grade

Viewmont Elementary

Hickory, NC