becoming is harder than you’d expect
not for the faint of heart
the harsh life of the caterpillar never predicts
the glamour of the butterfly
but before she flies
she first must battle
to split the chrysalis
and find her wings
before becoming
there is shedding
of the old life, beliefs
systems of doing
relinquishing
what is no longer needed
on the journey
that carves a life
becoming is a series
of choices along the way
that one day anticipate
the possibility of change
like the south wind that blows
swirling across the ocean surface
collecting energy and mass until
she explodes on the shore
fully formed, transformed
her power shocking
even herself
becoming is an act
of defiance against inertia
that she becomes at all
is its own fierce declaration
of independence
the ‘she’ that she was
created the ‘she’ that she is
and the force that she will be
