Caterpillar

 each segment is phase of life
you wanted deep sensations
existence in high reality
less survival driven strife

crawling along the branch
those many legs clutch tree bark
an eye for where to go
and one for the cunning crow

getting fat before forming the crysalis
bursting out a different creature to be
perhaps forgetting the obesity
and slow ambling of so many legs

caterpillar to sleep
to hibernate
after feasting on leaves
each segment of itself being pulled and pushed wearily