Challenge
Challenge of the Month XIV: May
Spirit World. Some call them ghosts, or angels, or guides. The Japanese call it Shinto. Cultures around the world call it Shamanism. Many call them the schizophrenic ravings of lunacy. Whatever you call it, or them, write about the unseen world of spirits. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose. $100 purse to our favorite entry. Outstanding entries will be shared with our publishing partners.
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Death of a Caterpillar
What happens when a caterpillar dies?
Socrates asked his pupils on the summit of the acropolis
Is it gone? Is it dead?
He said as he watched their glimmering eyes.
What comes of that incremental soul?
The one a caterpillar sheds.
Is a sluggish life
All that caterpillar has to give?
Or is its living a constant fight
A symbol for our strife?
It is the never ending lie
That death is holding all our souls.
For what a caterpillar calls the end
The rest of the world calls a butterfly.
“What a caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.”- Lao Tzu