POETRY

 The Art of Metamorphism

December 1, 2022 | Issue II | Adesiyan Oluwapelumi 

an empty bracket is a familiar origin -

a butterfly stowed in an eggshell.

growth is probably the most difficult thing,

a body swallowing life in little sips.

at first, the mind is a plain

and when construction starts, chaos

thunders along. sometimes, we must weed

the shrubberies in our lives before

before we can make a grove of fruit trees.

a tall sturdy cinnamon tree was once

a feathered paper seed.

time is the best coach 

and its departure is the best lesson.

the clock will never drift backwards

and mistakes will forever remain a memorabilia;

memories stitched into the fabric of time,

un-frayed & knot into a tapestry of stasis.

the body can never crawl out of its beginning

but it can walk out of its end

and run into permanence.

scars teach us the unlearning art of learning

and when we enter the classroom of healing,

we will have only one course:

the art of patching time's loopholes.

Adesiyan Oluwapelumi,TPC XI,is a Nigerian writer.His works are featured/ forthcoming in Brittle Paper, Eunoia, Lumiere & elsewhere. He is a Poetry Reader at The Kitchen Table Quarterly.

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