Reborn

I feel myself peeling
through skin
that has become too
tight for me to retain
my shape

The pressure to grow
is almost smothering
until finally...
R e l e a s e
from the restraints
of reality
and earthly measures

I had started to run
without even
trying to crawl,
my wings still wet
from my emergence
into the crisp
cool darkness

Sitting in the basking glow
of untainted moonlight
naked of the scars
that were once
my dominant
feature

Broken chains lying at my feet
Reborn into the wind that once paralyzed me

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