Saturday, May 22, 2021

From Cage to Butterfly

 

Art by Catrin Welz-Stein


From cage to butterfly
took approximately 40 years.
Wild Woman has always been
a slow learner.
Plus she had helpers
in the suppression of her spirit.

Soft hues gave way
to a world of
vibrant colours,
bathed in bioluminescence
one dark midnight -
an event that marked
the line that said
Before and After.

Wild Woman is in love
with the sea,
with old growth forests,
with wolves and dogs,
and she has been free
to come and go 
since she picked that last lock
and left
domestic jailers
behind.


for The Sunday Muse

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15 comments:

  1. robkistnerMay 22, 2021 at 9:51 AM

    Glad you’re free Sherry!

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  2. indybevMay 22, 2021 at 10:03 AM

    Cage to butterfly, before and after....a telling tale of freedom!

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  3. Carrie Van HornMay 22, 2021 at 10:41 AM

    A magnificent poem of freedom and life's lessons Sherry! I love it!

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  4. HelenMay 22, 2021 at 12:06 PM

    Sherry ..... As I read your poem I could not stop smiling and actually mumbled out loud ... OH SHERRY.

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  5. kaykualaMay 22, 2021 at 10:26 PM

    Soft hues gave way
    to a world of
    vibrant colours,

    Nice happy feelings of freedom is always most welcomed, Sherry despite being 40 years into it!

    Hank

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  6. C. SandlinMay 23, 2021 at 5:26 AM

    Wonderful! That last lock made an audible click in the mind.

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  7. SunitaMay 23, 2021 at 10:56 AM

    The spirit of freedom. Lovely poem, Sherry :)

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  8. CharleyMay 23, 2021 at 12:23 PM

    Wolves! One of my kindred spirits. Cages are not for... anything, anyone!

    I am glad you encountered
    "...a world of
    vibrant colours,
    bathed in bioluminescence..."

    Peace.

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  9. Gillena CoxMay 23, 2021 at 12:28 PM

    Good going Wild Woman

    Happy you dropped by my blog today

    Much💚love

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  10. MaryMay 23, 2021 at 7:12 PM

    Ah, being in love with the sea...I would be too if I lived where you do. Smiles.

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  11. JadeLiMay 23, 2021 at 7:57 PM

    I love the idea of Wild Woman setting all captives free, starting with herself. Wonderful take on the image, Sherry.

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  12. JimMay 23, 2021 at 10:52 PM

    Sherry, I think this is you, the part that I have learned. ". . . an event that marked the line that said 'Before and After,'" I am not sure of because I never had known the first.
    ..

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  13. thotpurgeMay 24, 2021 at 4:32 AM

    Love the use of "cage to butterfly"... I recognize that line, that feeling of before and after- but I couldn't have written it so well.

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  14. Susie ClevengerMay 25, 2021 at 12:20 PM

    Your spirit speaks strongly throughout this poem. Butterflies can't remain caged.

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  15. grapelingMay 26, 2021 at 10:02 PM

    strength and serenity, Sherry ~

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