The lifting of the veil
a revealing of all that was concealed
some see beauty, others bewail
regardless of feelings all will yield
the separation has begun
from the goats and sheep
everyone get ready for the arrival of the Son
some will shout for joy, others will weep
a metamorphous is taking place
the Bride is making herself ready
we are about to gaze into His face
for some the price will be too heavy
prepare the way
for the coming of the King
there is no more delay
the trumpets are sounding
and the veil is lifting
© Deborah Seale 2025
Her stage four metamorphous complete
She emerged into the beauty of the day
Bringing sunlight only a nineteen-year-old beauty can bring
Faerie queen was debating about her metamorphous now
She wanted to be a butterfly, but could not figure out how
Just relax and let nature do what she does said an elf.
So she did, and ended up flying right off of the rose garden shelf.
faerie queen was debating about her metamorphous now
she wanted to be a butterfly, but could not figure out how
just relax and let nature do what she does said an elf.
she did and ended up flying right off of the rose garden shelf.
A new seed is sown and begins to grow
And through metamorphous starts to know
‘Twill be many shapes and forms to see
Before what that seed will turn to be
An’ through the journey hard and long
‘Twill be days of sorrow – days of song
Many things this seed will see
Before reaching its’ maturity.
And then, as maturity gives way to age
The seed will have nearly crossed the stage
On which it played within Life’s Play
And on the other side, end its’ Day.
Then …
A new seed is sown and begins to grow …
the tide expels it
leaves
it wallowing
sun blisters
the carcass tumbles
torn flesh flaps
bone snaggles bone
a humanness -
as if a mangled person
trying to escape
from coils
from death
from the ocean within it
a kind of birth
a kind of shedding
a metamorphous
becoming
night laps
at the lolling mound
cavities rupture
gas bubbles take
luminous shape
a figure emerges
stumbles toward
the lights of a village
the remains hang together
they have been eaten
and now they are hungry
a raw
gaping belly rumbles
it imagines
fish in a skillet
a glass of strong ale waiting
for cracked lips
In this small rural town it seems to be peaceful but there are dark secrets underneath the house
A required distinction of right and wrong
Self-mutilation, the pluck of three fingernails she must purge her sins
Screams of agony like bloody murder, her sister watches, a strain in bond
A demonic-alter ego was manifested that day
Her grief eventually drives her to murder
A once paranoid schizophrenia goes into metamorphous becoming a psychosis
The river of blood flows over and over again
All she ever wanted was to spare her love from sin
When her man left her others caught the blame and she perfected her killing technique realizing she was born to kill
She is delusional, she repeatedly deludes among others
With her taser her enemies feel numbness
In the caves they’re tortured until they confess their wrong, but even they are still dead
Her love is like ice it either crumbles and melts or stays intact
She laughs at the success of her deeds, she mentally breaks down
She is no longer the cute girl at Angel Mort
She is something else entirely
With her mischievous nature others suffer
Luring her targets to death in perfect fashion
Shion is god
When
They
Cry
Metamorphous; Trickling on the violet rose, decaying into a crimson thorn.
As sinners vibrant words branch and become dusk, in the fog.
Their cadaver the canvas
Will truly know the swift, and elegant touch of my,
Retribution.
For I am, the dull - revitalized soul of your sufferer.
Steps of most toddlers
Metamorphous to quick blurs
As growing occurs
By Robb A. Kopp
Winter’s landscape mocked
Leaves metamorphous to birds
Fall into the sky
Butterfly wings a-flutter upon the current of life
Carried to fields of milkweed feasts
Colors blending amongst the flowers
Beauty dies to metamorphous
(Truth endures the time)
Cocoon-wrapped fragility
Births forth the new generation
The cycle of hope remains intact
And I stand in awe of such mystery
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