~ Lepidopteran ~

Ripping, tearing, pushing,

I emerge into re~birth,

brand new and fragile

with wings wet and weighted.

I pause.

::

Breathless.

I wait.

Wings unfurl; drying.

A stretch, a slow, dancing flap.

Faster, 

then faster, 

and faster still

::

Until

Gently. 

Gently.

::

Jewelled wings

::

Take flight 

2nd September, 2008