left behind

to vanish with the seatide

in midsummer's instant

of metamorphosis

 

a butterfly loses its wings

to become a caterpillar

as the film rolls

in reverse

 

skin forced to stretch

limitless and limited

by new world order:

paper friends 

 

mind does its own walking

to rehearse

climbing old walls

but labyrinths prevail

 

trapped beneath tombstones

spirits become deaf

and accepting

 

 

gypsy