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Friday, August 24, 2012

Met-a-morpho-sis




Met-a-morpho-sis,
her physical flavoring
and consistency
changed instantaneously
from one moment to the next

Met-a-morpho-sis,
color wheel spins through each tone
covets the rainbow
altering her hue and shade
impossible to define

Met-a-morpho-sis,
an attitude like none else,
of the air and sea
shuffling between Drama-mean
and a healthy sense of self

Met-a-morpho-sis,
impossible to predict
her conversations
switch from the incoherent
to the profoundly immersed

Met-a-morpho-sis,
sometimes she’ll crawl on all fours
then stand ten feet tall
she’ll have her ups and her downs
happy when there should be frowns

She’s unique always
she’s best friend and enemy
shifting all the time
forever incongruous
it’s a race just to keep up

Met-a-morpho-sis,
and I liked her everything
met-a-morpho-sis,
and I’ll forever be changed
I won’t see the same again

Met-a-morpho-sis,
and if you can, you should too
you won’t ever understand
but somehow, you’ll always know

Head on over to D'Verse, where Characterization is the theme for Meeting The bar.  Take a chance to read Victoria's wonderful write up as well, you'll be glad you did.  I took a bit of an abstract angle at character here, had this wordplay idea in my mind all morning, so, when i saw the topic I thought I'd see about applying it to character.