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Chrysalis

The Rev. James Lee Burns


Published in the issue.

A soft fog

wraps itself around

the fading colors

of the season.

A blurry lens

through which

everything looks

embraced

like an infant swaddled.

Such a morning

brings a kind of

peace.

A seed

planted in sleep

and nourished

by the stillness,

imposed,

welcomed.

I am wrapped

in it

like a chrysalis

in a cocoon,

waiting

in slow metamorphosis

to become,

what?

I am not sure.

In truth

we never stop

becoming,

until we choose

to become

nothing. A

conclusion?

Destination?

Beginning?

The Rev. Jim Burns is a retired priest in the diocese.

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