We live in an age of love’s corporeal metamorphoses
Where butterflies are banished back to chrysalides
Veiled in pupal gowns
They emerge as larva crawling and devouring
Ever younger and greener shoots
Until the garden is denuded
And it is time to call upon corporeal lust
To nourish an emptying sky of butterflies
And as the wind is hushed from the beating of astral wings
And skyriders descend into the venery of a mucinous desert
Gypsy moths dance on their aborted souls
About Laurie: The author of the recently released Finding Joy as well as The Pharaoh’s Cry, Portal Shift, Kidnapped Smile, and Dragon Sky of the fantasy series The Artania Chronicles, and Forests Secrets. Laurie Woodward is also a screenwriter who co-authored Dean and JoJo: The Dolphin Legacy. Her poetry has been published in multiple journals and anthologies and she was a collaborator on the popular anti-bullying DVD Resolutions. Bullied as a child, Laurie is now an award-winning peace consultant, poet, and blogger who helps teach children how to avoid arguments, stop bullying, and maintain healthy friendships. She writes on the Central Coast of California. More about her work can be found at Author Laurie Woodward — Next Chapteria.net
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