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First Flight

Awake from a dream

dipped in sun fire,

is a caterpillar still

wrestling in my heart's

asylum—a chrysalis,

summoned by the

wilderness, is prying

itself open.

 

Where the field laid

bare in a pallor of cold,

is where spring begins

to overflow, like flowers

blooming from the deepest

nether—loving death is

outgrowing this world.

 

I wear a cloak of patience

over limitless energy,

shedding for dialogue

between potentialities,

inside me spins a thread

of great longing, but

around me, a great hope

is bursting at the seams.

 

A force spurs a descent

from the cave, from the

crumbling walls I am made.

What remains lifts the

curtains before a

show begins, where

in solitude I undress to

become a house of wings.

 

The orchard cradles

my smallness in a

concentrated blossom—

lighter than breath,

brighter than vision,

hidden among all there is,

a great wave inside a ripple.

To be delighted is to realise

the world you fell into is

a vast sky.

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Written by
vitae
29 / F
Published
May 21, 2024
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#butterfly#metamorphosis#death#life
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