Intact and Enraged

 

by Amy Teffer

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I like so many am in a state of transformation. I am struggling inside of a cocoon that I shaped for myself, made to protect me through vulnerable and painful growth. Now my transformation is complete and there is nothing left to do but exit. How do I break my own bounds? How do I release myself when I wrought the chains? There is only to face what is in front of me and fight. I can no longer retreat inward. I am exposed. I feel eyes on my naked form. I stand tall and show who and what I am in this unforgiving world. They eat me alive, chew and spit me out. But I am hardened now and hold fast. Intact and enraged.

 
Amy Teffer