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Metamorphosis

by Susan K. Smith — Read all 16 poems by Susan K. Smith

As the autumnal equinox approaches, the season transitions from summer to fall. This is a metaphor for the ongoing changes in life - the continual *Metamorphosis*

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Metamorphosis

A Day that is
will be
What had been

A Dream that is
will be
Or could have been

Thoughts poured out
Harden like concrete
Then decay -- crumble
To dust under feet

Changing, forming
Decaying, dying
Invisible to visible
Thoughts reviving

Dust we were
Dust we'll become
But it is the dust
Where life had begun

© January 8, 1988, S. K. Smith

S. K. Smith - Poems - Mortality - Metamorphosis

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Reviewed by David Clure

Reviewed on January 23, 2009

a thoughtful expression of the cycle of change creation continues to spin through! You say profound things so precisely.

-Zach keep using your talent for the glory of God!

Reviewed by Jeff Mason

Reviewed on September 23, 2008

ashes to ashes. the cycle repeats. -- Jeff

Reviewed by Michelle Mead

Reviewed on September 22, 2008

Interesting poem, and what one thinks of for autumnal days.

Reviewed by Cynthia Buhain-Baello

Reviewed on September 19, 2008

Hello Susan,

This is so "alive" and the transitions so flowing like slides in a projector. Thoughts are what make us - "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he." The "dust" part is where all of us will end, and
used in the final lines, it's just perfect.

Cynthia

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo

Reviewed on September 18, 2008

Philosophical rendering well expressed...

Be always safe,
Karen

Reviewed by Axilea MU

Reviewed on September 18, 2008

Interesting thoughts in this abstract, philosophical poem.
I like the way you used the cliche of dust to come back to
the beginning of life.

Axilea

Reviewed by Mary Lacey Desertrat

Reviewed on September 18, 2008

It's so true, life is a circle. Everything will start dying in the fall, be like death in the winter, life in the spring and summer, and it starts all over again. Beautiful words to describe this ongoing cycle.

Mary

Reviewed by D Johnson

Reviewed on September 18, 2008

Susan, great writing and I love the philosophical intentions.

Cheers,
Dan

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