Saturday, 10 December 2016

The Beginnings of Change

Change

Like a butterfly
Emerging from it’s crysalis
Unsure what to make of this world
Peeking out tentatively
Ever so slowly beginning to unfold her wings;
Like a child
Who has been shut in a dark unfamiliar room for hours
And suddenly the light is turning on –
Squinting in the brightness
As her eyes edjust
Taking in her surroundings.
Like a trauma victim
Emerging from a coma
Coming back to the world
Reluctantly
Yet inquestitively,
With a small flicker of hope.
Like a loaf of bread
That has been sitting in the oven
Unchanging
For too long,
Slowly beginning to rise.
Like a blind man
Getting fleeting glimpses of the world
In amongst the darkness,
A stark contrast
To what he has known for so long
Frightening
Yet intriguing at the same time.
Like a small bird
Peeking over the side of the nest
Looking back at his mother for reassurance
Trying to make sense of this big world
Outside the nest.
Not quite ready to fly,
But finally willing to stand on the edge of the nest
And look out at the world
The trees the river the foliage
Beginning to contemplate
The vastness of possibility …


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