Metamorphosis

Chrysalis ablaze

my limbs untangle

a window opens

it’s time to mangle.

Tear first a strip

peel away the fore

skin deep this pain

much more to gain.

This next layer of hide

tougher than boar

will I push through?

will I finally soar?

I see the Cosmos,

I see it swirling

trapped in my own skin

trapped deep within.

Will this my best self

will he at last emerge?

or is it a dead-end

a submarine perpetually submerged.

Long have I waited

for his imminent landing

Mighty warrior-cum-scribe

of the highest standing.