Inevitable Perfection

Folder: 
Resurrection

 

 

Half worm
half butterfly
fearing death
of cocoon
is not ready
to fly
to come forth..
from the tomb

But as surely
as the sour green
fruit becomes
sweet and gold
as surely as
rivers arrive
at the sea of old
.. they will all
be butterflies..

it has been
foretold

 

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

inspired by
My cocoon tightens
colors tease
I'm feeling for the air
A dim capacity for wings
Degrades the dress I wear

by Emily Dickinson
and by the questioning
of Jan F

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