A Kinder Day

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Helen
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I am sleeping in my cocoon
Transformation painful, dark
These nightmares of disintegration
This transcendental elevation
As I am broken down within
To arise the butterfly in new skin

Nigredo dark and deep despair
You feel that you will never be
Again a free and conscious entity
Just dissolution and desire
Turn and twist upon the pyre
To yet reform and yet aspire

I am but some god’s afterthought
His indecision and his grace
I am this halfling that he wrought
One thing and then another born
A symbol of growth and yet decay
As all my old life slips away
I wait upon a kinder day

© Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

About Helen

I'm drawn to blogging as a way to share ideas and consider what makes us who we are. Whether it's in our working life or our creativity, expression is a means to connect.
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6 Responses to A Kinder Day

  1. Roxi St. Clair says:
    October 5, 2013 at 6:32 pm

    Love this last stanza.. hits home…. lovely sis xxx

    Reply
  2. Elaine says:
    October 5, 2013 at 10:09 pm

    oh yes, a kinder day is always welcome. 🙂

    Reply
  3. Hector says:
    October 5, 2013 at 10:56 pm

    So beautiful “As all my old life slips away I wait upon a kinder day”

    Reply

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