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INTO THE CHRYSALIS by Melissa Steffy

 

Into the Chrysalis

 

Into the chrysalis

once again

the quiet calm

has come to take me

 

It whispers softly

in my ear

drawing me

away from chattering

smatterings

 

Never fear

though I disappear

I am right here

hidden cleverly

in the open air

 

With the winds

billowing through me

as I am like gauze

like a ghost

like a specter

awaiting

the awakening

 

Tis the season

when those pieces

fall together

and the magic

bursts forth

from us

and our wings

unfold and fill

with dreams and

flights

fantastic

voyages


 

Copyright © 2017 Melissa Steffy – First published in Big Sky and Broken Hearts, November 2017



Brooke Shaden Photography



Melissa Steffy
lives in Maryland and had two children. She studied Marine Science as an undergrad and completed her graduate degree in Computer Information Systems through Boston University, but there is a whole other side to her. It is best expressed in verse, usually with a bit of rhythm, sometimes happy, sometimes terse. She loves to play with the sounds and meanings of words, sometimes stringing them together, sometimes creating something a little new and different altogether. She is the author of two poetry books: 
Big Sky and Broken Hearts, (November 2017) and Love Letters (June, 2020). 

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