Wrapped up in my cocoon
Life is safe
Outside the influences
Of those who told me who and what to be
In which I got lost
Cocoon was needed
So I could grow a new skin
And undergo certain metamorphoses
But now I don’t feel as raw and tender
Now I no longer fear the deep ocean
That could not be contained before
I smiled to myself when you told me
Deb, one day you will find your sea legs
Yes one day you promised me that
I would stand on solid ground
Not just tumultuous shifting sands
That could be annihilated by larger waves
That as a sensitive I had no protection from
Now I feel that I am ready
To shed this cocoon with in which so much has changed
I feel both wings almost fully formed
Preparing to take flight
I feel the new life that wants to express
From within and without
Bursting forth as I wrestle this way and that
Cocoon thank you
For all that you gave me
Cocoon let me shed
This comfortable place
Let me surrender
What needs to be let go
Grant me the courage
To spread my wings and fly
