A: I’m trapped.
B: In a steel cage
C: In a crushing, tumbling liquid mass
A: In a cocoon of silk
A, B, C: We’re trapped.
…
A: I sleep.
B: A slippery kind of waning sleep
C: A fading kind of panicked sleep
A: A long deep and restful slumber
A,B,C: We sleep.
…
A: I wait.
B: For the flashing lights and sirens
C: For the red and white caps to come
A: For the transformation to be complete
A,B,C: We wait.
…
A: I’m freed.
B: From my steel cage
C: From my crushing, tumbling liquid mass
A: From my cocoon of silk
A,B,C: We’re freed.
…
A: I’m changed.
B: By blood anew
C: By oxygen anew
A: By wings anew
A,B,C: We’re changed.
…
A: I live again.
B: Lucky
C: Thankful
A: Transformed
A,B,C: We live again.
…
A: I am…
B: A victim of a car crash
C: A survivor of the sea
A: A butterfly reborn
A,B,C: We are metamorphosis.
Poem featured in Mint Magazine, Issue 7, 2013