reborn

a truly amazing sight
to behold
a flower opens its petals
a reptile shedding its skin
the old falls
away

new and innocnet
skin damp
yet cool
opening new eyes
on an old world

trailing crimson
and memories
bleeding onto the
white
innocent snow

walking away
from life as it was known
from all previous
people and places

crossing bridges
of rope and vine
frail yet strong
burning in the wake
of new life

deep, impassible, unending
black depths
sinking
to emptiness

turning away to new hope
leaving the home once known
in search of
magic