The Life Within The Monarch
There was nothing but darkness. There was no light, no room to move, no room to breath. Changes were happening and I could feel them all. My body became a war zone of conflicting emotions, cravings never before felt. I became unusually shaped, everything became more and more different. Then when it seemed that the changes would never end, everything stopped and the world around me became still and unmoving. I was done and could now shed the darkness that was surrounding me. I pushed forcibly against the wall, straining to break free. When all seemed lost and I was ready to give up sunlight filtered passed through the cracks which began to widen. The warmth produced from the streaming sunlight surrounded me, enveloped me in a feeling of security and safety, never before had I felt so alive. All around me light swarmed bringing warmth and setting my wings aglow with vibrance. At last the casing around me fell to the forsaken ground below and left me suspended on the tree branch where my cocoon had once stood.
Above me stood the maze of many branches fluttering their individual leaves proudly in the neverending wind. Below layed a wide variety of shrubs, grasses and flowers. The flowers stood tall, basking in the glory of the sun. Each color telling a story all its own. The orange, pink and red tell of the setting of the sun, setting the sky ablaze in an aurora of colors before sinking below the horizon and leaving the sky pitch black and full of jewels. The pink tells a lovers tragic tale full of sorrow and regret. The yellow tells of the strongest friendships that not even death could break. It was a beautiful sight to gaze upon and as I stood there with the trees rough bark grazing the underside of my feet I realized my wings had begun to flap with anticipation. I wanted to get closer to the beauty and maybe be a part of it.
I mustered up some courage and began to flap my wings faster and faster climbing through the wind going higher and higher, rising through the tree branches and above the trees. I spotted a cluster of daisies below and angled myself to dive. Never before had I felt such exhilaration. The wind whipped past my face and all around me was a blur. I spread my wings before I could hit the solid ground below and I fluttered to the nearest flower. I landed softly and uncoiled my mouth and injected it into the flower. The warm liquid of nectar flowed passed my mouth and into my body, rejuvenating

The people of Oklahoma you are in my prayers.If you are unaware, yesterday a tornado touched down in Oklahoma, USA. It was on the ground for about an hour and devastated everything around it, More than 100 people rescued after tornado hit, state emergency official says
24 of the initially reported 51 dead have arrived at the medical examiner's office(Source:CNN)Those remaining dead include a lot of children. It hit three elementary schools. Please keep them in your prayers and thoughts. And if you are not religious please just keep them in your thoughts.