Transformation

The snake and the toad shed their skins in

order to grow. Cicadas emerge after seven-

teen years buried in the Earth to discard

their shells and briefly sing their late summer

mating song. Everyone knows the caterpillar's

story transformed in the cocoon to a butterfly.

There are those who believe in reincarnation,

a new life, a different time and some other des-

tination. The wind changes direction one day,

and we become a different person than we

originally set out to be. I once met a young

man who at twenty-years was lost like me

when I was his age. I figured no matter from

which direction the wind was blowing on any

given day, he was bound to find another way.

Even though on the surface it appears to be

so, upon closer inspection, all snake skins

are not the same.

Chris Hanch 8-20-19