Metamorphosis

Colors gracing soft skin,
Fluttering and free!
No more a coccoon,
Now mature, proud and sane.

Webbed in virtues...
Selfishness, an err
Dishonesty, a scam
Expressions, an art
Speaking up, a need.

Life's hard lessons,
Troubling heart breaks,
Memories to smile,
Only few truly matter.

Breaking free to fly,
Hidden shell to soaring heights,
Sweet nectar to seek,
Life, an endless adventure.

With flight, values renewed -
Selfishness, a necessity
Diplomacy, the new honesty
Detachment, a secret
Silence, a virtue

Fly, my butterfly, fly...
However far you soar,
Forget not -
A coccoon makes you break free!

- Subhashini
July 2009