From clouds of inspiration in a sky of emptiness comes rain –
\nTo soak a parched cocoon,
\nWhich appear to be levitating
\nConcealing a phobia
\nUnexplained by life
\nNo matter how many moment’s notice
\nAnd you may or may not notice,
\nThrough the clarity of rain
\nEvery drop of it magnifies – a wonder of life –
\nEverything that’s held within the cocoon,
\nEvery beginning of a hope or a phobia
\nLevitating
\nPerched on the edge of dawn, levitating,
\nAnd slowly, a crease unfolds until the miracle is allowed to notice
\nThey are not the pupa with a phobia
\nBut a butterfly – baptised by rain
\nA pearl of wisdom inside a shell – a cocoon
\nThe oyster of life
\nAnd as this story of life
\nBegins levitating
\nThrough your mind’s cocoon
\nWhere the things you notice
\nAre magnified by your brain and not the rain
\nYou shatter your own phobia
\nA long held phobia
\nThat your own life
\nWould rain
\nDown tears instead of levitating
\nOr elevating and everyone would notice
\nThe gloom of your cocoon
\nThe doom of your cocoon
\nNow a bygone phobia
\nSomething to pay no notice
\nA cast away part of life
\nAn empty shell left levitating
\nIn the rain
\nYour empty cocoon no longer holds life
\nYour phobia can be left levitating
\nAnd all people will noticeis the butterfly baptised by the rain<\/p>\n
(c) Gemma Hinton 14\/6\/15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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