Catermorphosis

Beauty is a monster

That mastered the art of change.

Ask that caterpillar

Munching on greens to explain.

That monster must be tamed

Through diligence in the game.

Beauty is an achievement

And not a spur-of-the-moment

Glitter that goes and comes.

Beauty comes uncut like diamond.

We delight in beauty

Yet ignore its cycle of life;

From monster to ugly

Beauty braves men's sneer n' spite.

Growing with grace and truth,

Beauty is the symbol of youth.

Beauty asks not questions

Nor does it require permission.

Beauty must grow or die

It must from the monster divide.

Thus we must admit that change

Is to beauty a unique trait.

For beauty is a monster

Who has change tamed and mastered.

Akpan