One: My eventide, prime of life held dear Perfect token, held in such high regard by myself Human nature, aligned itself Beside myself, looking through the lenses of my own craftsmanship So perfect, so perfectly aligned
Two: Spider web cracks, for half a moment held in their complete pattern So entirely unique And then the next I snapped Earth, brazen in its physicality, held in the cracks between concrete Shards, broken to bits below my hammering Raking claws of bone, stronger than iron Muscles tensing so, constricted as I still felt the earth break My chest equally constricted, feeling the pressure of A new form, taking root Crawling through, my true self waxing
Three:
And my blackened wings burned in the naked sun
Standing on feet unfamiliar, but mine in their entirety Clawed Burning bone, and the steam rising from my corpse As I clawed Rising to reveal My wingspan, bone, brittle Decorated with the ash