CAUGHT BETWEEN THE OLD,

CLOSING LIKE A CHAPTER IN A BOOK

WITH LEAVE TAKINGS AND CHANGES,

I KNOW NOT WHERE I GO FROM HERE.

MY WORLD AROUND ME CRUMBLES,

YET AS IF RISING FROM THE DEBRIS

WITH A SENSE OF NEWNESS AND FREEDOM

I BECOME PHOENIX, OR PERHAPS,

A NEW COMBINATION OF DOVE AND EAGLE.

PART REJOICES IN WONDER, WHILE THE REST

SIGHS AND CRIES AT LETTING GO

REMEMBERING TREASURED TIMES AND

THOSE OF LOSS, AND STILL OTHERS

SOMEHOW COMFORTING, IF ONLY BECAUSE

THEY WERE "USUAL."

NOW I LEAP INTO YET UNWRITTEN PAGES

WHILE THE SIREN SONG OF KNOWNNESS

CALLS ME BACK.

I CANNOT RETURN FROM MY LEAP

INTO THE TRUTH OF MY BEING,

INTO THE SHAFT OF LIGHT,

BEYOND THE DARKNESS OF FEARS AND

DISAPPOINTMENT,

OF LOSSES AND LIMITATIONS.

FACING EACH CREATES A DAWN LIGHTING WITH

BALANCE AND HARMONY, PEACE AND JOY,

TAKING ME FURTHER INTO ITS LIGHT.



NOW THE PAGES TURN AND NEW WORDS

MAGICALLY APPEAR...



DESIREE DE ANGELISE
1990