Chrysalis

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from the ABC set Poetry of David Ritchie

Chrysalis

Each blink of the eye
conjures a distant land
that had fallen dead
in the eyes of another.

These tiny worlds are our yesterdays,
sleepy little scenes
grown agitated
with desire to fight the lion of oblivion.

However, since I cannot disremember
the intoxicating satisfaction of then pleasures
I allow the tragedies to fade
And submit to the transformation.

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