Chrysalis

Chrysalis

You are so beautiful

Just the way you are

There in your shiny, golden shell

No one would argue

That you are already a creation

Exquisite beyond words

But there is something

New and light

Airy and inspiring

Coursing through your veins

Waiting and longing

To emerge

Are you safe, but restless?

Do your wings flutter and struggle

And push against the wall

Knowing that just on the other side

Is freedom

To fly

To expand

To show the world

What you are really meant to be?

Please

Be brave

For all our sakes

We want to see you in all your beauty

In your free and flying form

Please

Be brave

So we can all have the courage

To do the same

by Andrea Brett