Your life seems sudden br And less familiar – br Sometimes bigger, br Sometimes louder than br You ever expected br br Drowning in cacophony br Echoes – br Echoes in the caverns br Of memories you can’t expunge br br So yearning to be free br br When the lily throws herself wide open br When the eaglet spreads unsteady wings br When the moistened foal first stumbles, then rises – br Entreating the world to see br br That is you, in molt, br In catharsis; metamorphosis – br From the splitting cocoon, br Emerges beauty – br Rainbow wings spreading, br Independent and delicate – br Confident and free br br Free.