Khrysallis Poem by Lynn Anne Brown

I am a poet
It's how I understand myself
And those around
I think in Metaphors
In Comparisons

This is like that
Or not like that
Or something like that
But not quite

I am an agreement
Between
Body
Heart
And Mind
To make Room
To Hold my Spirit
My Immortal Self

My Body Likes the Strength
My Spirit brings to it
My Heart Likes
The Kindness
That it earns
My mind
Likes
The
Companionship

Two Minds
One Spirit
Many Souls

I knit together things
I could never understand
If I had to understand
Them in their entirety

My Brain is big
But it takes a whole
Universe
For all these wonders
To exist

And I've been
Given
All the Keys
And I've been
Given them
In trust
I can open all the Doors
Or shut them if I Must
But normally
I prefer to Knock
Before Entering
Because
Some Folk Keep Secret
Things to Dangerous to Share
Unless
The Danger
That we face
Is Greater
Than the one we keep

And I can shift my shape
If only just a little bit
I understand
Both the
Khrysallis
and the Spirit
It Protects