metamorphosis

something is changing

i feel it as each moment passes

each fear i know all too well
making their way up and out


surfacing with a burst

some violent
some silent
some just fade…

the shifting and shedding of my shell

making room
making way
making me aware of so much more… 

change is here.


like a déjà vu that echoes for miles within me
each moment washes over me and i observe

i used to try to hold on
like it would matter more
if i kept just a small piece
of every moment


in observation
i open myself up

i make a choice
i let go…


everything feels so familiar
and foreign all at once
as though i am between
two known points of destination

only to realize the journey is the now
and now is all that matters

is all that is real
now.

something has changed

a beautiful metamorphosis
not of a face
not of a body

but a life.


~ danielle helen ray dickson
02-27-09