are you learning to know

the you that emerges,

wings furled wet

from cocoon that transforms?

 

if you have not begun

you need to very soon

since you are different,

not the same as the one

who entered into change’s

hallowed halls.

 

what did you learn within?

did you discover meaning there?

 

i hope that part of this was practice

of how not to feel lost

 

and that the cocoon

communicated soft the truth

that you did not need

to rush to metamorphosis

to repair

 

these things take all the time they need,

patient

 

you can explore now with perspective gained,

opening wings to soar above.

but even though you have developed wings

flight takes practice too.

 

–take space to know yourself after seasons of change

Heather Pound 2024

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