I feel like a snake
Shedding its old skin
Shaking and snaking
Out of the old
And remaking and refreshing
What is new
What is to come
What it can transform into
Shiny, new, smooth
No longer hanging on to the old
Not safe keeping it
Simply shedding it
Leaving it behind
I’m snaking away into
A new place
I have not forgotten the old
I’ve just simply grown new skin
Tougher and sharper
Better than before
I remember the old
Like it was just yesterday
And older still
Are the ones before
I’ve left them in various places
In remembrance
Of the good times
And the bad
All to learn
Something new
To grow into my new skin.
- soulwriterj