A truly magnificent creature he is
so tiny -- but not insignificant
readily overlooked in the landscape
though his message is significant
to those who mourn the passing
of summer warmth despite nature's
compensating autumnal colours
meant to divert thoughts of winter cold
in admiration and awe of the colour palette
unleashed by one season departing
the next's arrival in the interlude before
winter's icy presence. The woolly bear
caterpillar informing of a mild season
to come, a tolerable winter after all
the message his broad orange stripe
conveys as he trudges slowly to his own
winter hibernation to emerge a moth.
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