Metamorphosis
Suddenly, there is this
queasy feeling in the stomach area
when you stand in front of an audience,
make a speech, or perform a show.
You want to give everything
to do these things, do well
in order to gain recognition.
Just don’t fail.
A moment of tenderness,
like an opening pupa,
releases a hatching dragonfly
millimeter by millimeter
which frees itself from its larval skin upside down,
and it has to let the body harden
before it slowly turns colors
and its wings can unfold.
A legitimate alarm status
of visibility and vulnerability.
The danger of annihilation
at the moment of the rebirth.
When you are afraid of your own courage,
self-doubt gnaws at you,
or fear, criticism, and arrogance
push you back into your larval skin,
think back to the metamorphosis of the dragonfly,
how it gathers for a moment
and rises into the air,
what it is like to grow beyond yourself
and if it is worth the risk.
About this poem
In the Collection of Poems and Essays titled "The Fragility of Moments" by Doerthe Huth. The poem Metamorphosis was first published in Poetica Review, Autumns Edition 2021.
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Submitted by Doerthe_Huth on May 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABXXCDX EACXXDXXEXDX XXBXCXXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 912 |
Words | 184 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 12, 9 |
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