Molt

Those darn cicadas again!

Nature gives us ample evidence that when something ends, something new is likely to emerge from the husk of what it was.

Many thanks to my friend John for being willing to share this stunning photo with us.

Photo credit: John C. Moore

Molt

When you feel yourself encased
by tightening skin that’s growing hard

When you’re starting to choke on your certainties
while having difficulty digesting your uncertainties

When you feel like you’ve turned on your back
like a beetle, legs flailing the air,

Take a leaf from the wisdom of the cicada
and let your carapace crack open to emerge

Fresh and green from the shriveling
brown shell of what you have been.