The Egg

 The egg is universal

Be it fish, frog or crocodile,

Robin, red-hen or sparrow,

Soft, hard, oval or round,

Pink, white, blue or brown,

Laid in a nest,

Buried in the sand,

Spawned in the water,

Glued to a branch,

Or a blade of grass --

Of many kinds and places

Too numerous to count.

The egg, the egg, the egg

Be it fish, mammal, bird, or beast,

Is the master of all growth,

Where all of life begins.

What will the egg become?

A tiny ant with six legs,

A monster spider with eight legs,

A house fly to scavenge,

A bee to gather honey?

Fish reptile, bird, or beast --

Inside each egg,

Is the secret code,

Mysterious and unfathomable

To humans

Who also grow from eggs.