Fly Away

Author's Note: This one talks about Rachel, her transformation from a larval into a butterfly. She was just a tiny insect living inside a protective bubble when her cocoon broke under pressure from the outside, and all of a sudden she was exposed to the world and left to fend for herself. How naïve she was when she first broke through, how

unprepared she was for what awaited her…

As you can see, lots of symbolism. J

I curled snugly in my warm cocoon,

Lost myself into hazy sleep

Thought not to be roused so soon

Not my delicate body scarred so deep

An irreparable gash sealed my fate

My sanctuary torn by miseries and pains

I recall breaking from the stiffening gate

Thought to be free from my binding chains

Motherly arms fell away

Exposing me to the barren ground;

My death, marked on this very day

Spreading from that traceless wound.

My beauty grips me, a lethal hold

Vanity lays its notorious hand

Untainted mind, heart of gold

The sweet beginning of a bitter end

I saw the world in my hardening eyes

Soared toward my empty goal

Readily gave in to promise of lies

Gone in a flash was my childlike soul

Twirling, turning, madly spinning

Trying to blur those ugly scars

But struggle is at its very beginning

My future rides on an unseen star

Ecstasy, bloodthirst, freshly born

I, the hunter, am their prey

My self divided, my heart torn

I embraced the rush of this never-ending quest

While deep inside, a devastated cry

Praying weakly to awaken in my spotless nest

Where, only, I can truly fly