Our Chrysalis Moment - Anodea Judith

[Larry Robinson]

Our Chrysalis Moment


This is our chrysalis moment
Where the transformation begins.

Every caterpillar must do it eventually;
Or die,
Never to sprout their colorful wings in the air
And fly.

So like the caterpillar, 
We may as well surrender.
Cocooning in our homes 
Our world turned upside down.

Inside, we can no longer spread 
our vicious disease of consumption
No longer run mindlessly toward our destruction.
Inside there is stillness
Inside, there is rest.

Outside, the air is clearing, 
The rains are falling.
You can feel the peace,
Settling on the land at last.

And Yes, there is death. 
For there’s always a dissolution.
Old systems falling away, 
That were already pretty slimy. 

It may be frightening 
All the uncertainty and loss.
But even in the darkness
Imaginal cells are awakening 
Weaving a new web .

Recognizing that this is finally 
Our time.
Our time to be heard
Our time to make new sense
Our time to do things differently

And when at last the dream awakens 
To its nascent beginnings,
The chrysalis melts away.

A caterpillar no longer,
We spread our tender wings
And fly.

	- Anodea Judith