
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.
