A caterpillar waits inside her cocoon
Patient
Holding onto the promise of a more beautiful future
A transformation.
Meanwhile
Outside
Life moves forward.
Leaves swirl around and around
Daylight dances on the face of her lover
As he loves another.
Still she waits
Alone
Forgotten
Trapped in the walls she built herself.
Protected in the past
All for a more beautiful future.

Before, two flames
Lighting the dark
Warm
Comforting
Safe.
Oblivious to the danger, they join
Love their kindling.
Fire rages
Destruction
Chaos
Ashes fall.
After
Silence
Nothing left to burn, no love left for kindling
Two flames
Extinguished.