Author Information
Change and Transformation
Things change in a forward motion
Transformation there must be,
Streams rush to the open ocean,
So attracted by the sea
Styles do change in poetry
Change in structure and format
Pattern and category
Change like birds their habitat.
Bishops change and cardinals,
Popes change too, - they come and go,
Market squares and city halls,
Change without too much ado.
Dignitaries, presidents
Come and go and alternate.
Change do undergo the lands
Populations will migrate.
Customs change and etiquette.
And great sages come and go
Those that grieve today and fret
Will with joy tomorrow glow.
People change, - old friends betray,
Hearts are broken, hearts are thrilled,
Winter changes into May.
Some will live and some be killed.
Leaving is a form of death,
Suffering departure's woes,
Make space for the numious,
As from seedling springs the rose.
Caterpiller ! cocoon banned
Transformation is so nigh
Lo! an unseen loving hand
Makes of you a butterfly.
Perspectives change, perceptions too
What is held as truth today,
Tomorrow is no longer true,
As different prophets have their say.
Steady is the flux of life,
Inorexable its thrust,
Though so puzzling the archive
Of the future and the past.
One will never change - the Mover
Who controls the human lot,
Changeless the Eternal Lover,
Man, you are en route to God.
© Elizabeth Dandy
.
.
