Parallel Universes

revelation of revelations! an ordinary morning til.. discovery of discoveries brittle chrysalis upside down, branching breathing, pulsing I pause and inspect the pupa’s fortress tight and hard as childhood memories of milkweed pods splaying, splitting, dropping fragments into the pungent soil beneath My birth sac splits apart Baptismal waters run down my legs he’s going to be a football player the doctor predicts. one last push spills my babe onto linen’s glaring whiteness. oops, he’s a she and so beautiful. A parallel universe repeats, reflects, completes an ever changing life cycle sunshine dries black and orange panes tiny filaments of gossamer wings shimmer silky white against the opaque sun Dad’s car delivers mom and babe home their newborn squalls. her tiny fingers curl in a tight fist. each digit is a prayer bead chanting its presence. I gaze in amazement my mind awhirl wings and elbows, antennae and toes displace space now that seconds before was unknown. unclaimed.