METAMORPHOSIS
Lift back the heavy curtain of the night -
Be free, oh butterfly, and take your freedom flight!
Too long the darkness in your tight cocoon -
Your solo flight with fragile wings awaits you soon.
Invite the dancing rays to guide you on your way
Too long, so long, was black your dark and tomb-like stay
For you, fairy delight, God has created those amazing wings
Fly off, explore, be brave, while all the while the Angel sings!
Oh light, dear light, you are so blinding and so bright
My light, so bright, so beautiful an unexpected sight!
Light, shining so bright - how can you be so unbeknownst to me
And yet, I know - that this is where I have to be?
The curtain, dark, is violently ripped in half
Light, can it be that you are just a holograph?
I drink the light, I fill my every pore
And know: the dark will never be around me any more!
Oh light, my light, so bright. So right. My light!
Oh wings, so broken, yet so strong.
Oh light, oh wings, oh light within my wings
Oh flight, oh light, oh flight within the light!
Anastasia Bester 12 May 2018