Creature

So for my book club we are currently reading The Metamorphosis by Kafka.  For those of you unfamiliar with this short story it is about Gregor, a traveling salesman who turns into a bug overnight.  The way the bug is described many people have interpreted the bug to specifically be a cockroach which fit how Gregor felt about himself: ever industrious, but abhorred and looked down on.  This made me think; what would I be.  Not what animal or creature do I wish I was, rather what creature best represents me?  I have been thinking about this a long time and it is a tough question to answer, but after a lot of deliberation I think if I had to be represented in another form It would be in the form of a moth.  I think a moth is fitting as they undergo a radical transformation, from a lowly caterpillar of infancy to a creature that literally rises above.  Now I am aware moths do not have a long life span, but that does not mean they do not live full lives.  I am not predicting a short life, rather just a mantra to try and live by: no one knows when they will be called home, so become who you want to be and live life in a way you would be proud.  I don’t think I will be a big beautiful monarch butterfly, rather, I see myself as a common brown moth, just another one in a million.  I do not draw attention, but blend in as I follow and am drawn to the light ie. the things that make me happy and feel fulfilled.  I know there are people out there who don’t like me, but that doesn’t mean I need to let them stand in my way.  Although I seem fragile, I still try and fly even when someone man handles me and I lose the dust on my wings, I know what I am meant to be and that is what I will always try and be.

What creature are you?