In the ebb and flow of feelings that is the cycle of my life
I seem to be caught in the spring of my emotions
while winter stalls refusing to take its leave.
Like a bad virus insisting to overstay its welcome
tenacious snow lingers under unrelenting skies of grey
while nippy winds bring rebel clouds and showers.
Entangled in that indecisive in-between of cold and warmth
I’m caught in a no-man’s-land of chrysalid and growth
that ominous period of longing avidly for better climes.
Forever craving the sunshine that would feed my soul
I’m reduced to a withered rosebud desperate for any ray of sun
so I can come to life and feel invigorated.
And so it goes as I ride this roller coaster
of the weather of my emotions.
AP: 2nd place 2025, Honorable Mention 2025
Categories:
chrysalid, dark, emotions, hope, spring,
Form: Free verse
The sun arched up
Breaking over the horizon
As he leisurely awoke
How unusual it was
Her laying by his side
Serene and peaceful
Beautiful as she was
He reached over and
Kissed the corner of her lips
The way he’d done
A million times before
This one time would be
So differently surreal
His soul understanding
Instantly unfettered
His mind impervious
Seized in a chokehold
She had died calmly in her sleep
Recalled by her Maker
Harmony coming over him
As he wrapped his arms
Around his sweetheart
Her lifeless body
His lips still locked in place
Refusing to let go
The tears not coming
A visceral farewell
Just like that
In a flash
She had gone
The shell of her body left behind
A chrysalid
She, the butterfly
Submitted on December 22, 2019 for contest STRAND SPECIAL 8 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 1ST
Categories:
chrysalid, butterfly, grief, life, lost
Form: Free verse
metamorphosis
~the chrysalid
blossoms
posted on December 9, 2019
Categories:
chrysalid, growing up, insect, life,
Form: Haiku
The Dalai Lama says “if you accept the possibility of future lives, then death is just like changing your clothes”
As the time
in haste approaches
I can’t help
but compare
myself to
the caterpillar
marching
forward
forward
forward
sights on
the miracle
of the chrysalid
blossoming
into
the
unfettered
butterfly
AP: 3rd place 2020
Submitted on June 15, 2020 fore contest BRIAN'S SELECT J sponsored by BRIAN STRAND
originally posted on August 27, 2019
Categories:
chrysalid, butterfly, change, confidence, death,
Form: Free verse