Metamorphosis

By. Alyssa M. Winchester

Never-ending metamorphosis
That unfathomable beauty
Undeniable creative expression
Can't be seen
No, not with the naked eye
It's muddling
The truth of deep shadows inside
Mere ideas of breath
It's no flowing stream
Insatiable appetite for depth
With desire for life
Winter is bleak
With no sun, there is no life
My wings amplify
Deliver me
Where do I need to be?
I'm longing
Calls of direction
I cannot hear
It's faint
Still silence
My eyes guide me there
That smell of everlasting freedom
Light that dances in darkness

(inspiration from the mysterious life cycle of the monarch butterfly- there is so much more than meets the eye with these beautiful creatures)


Alyssa M. Winchester is a traveling freelance writer, poet, and Integrative Healing Arts Practitioner. She a crochet designer and the founder of Little Bird Crochet Collective and curates handmade goods of all kinds. You can find her writing in Do You Endo, The Edge Magazine, Thought Catalog, and NUWLA. She is a Thoracic and Abdominopelvic Endometriosis survivor and very passionate about dismantling the system, veganism, sustainability, advocacy, and social justice. Instagram @littlebirdcrochetcollective