shedding Poem, by Chloe S, at My poetic side

I don’t want to leave you behind

But I must

I don’t want to move away from you

But I have learned

There are times I must let go

With trust

I have dragged the blade

Down every curve of my body

Without a flinch

And stepped boldly out

Of the broken skin

Wisdom within

From questioning everything

I was stomaching

I left the carcass

Decaying

Flaying

The dismay from the bone

Weighing everything I had known

Relaying how much I have grown

I picked up the shed

And pelted it

Into the depths of space

In the change

I create

Something beautiful and strange

And the twinkling stars

In the endless scope of universe

Spin in delight

And rejoice

Because I have dismantled the cage

In the discomfort

I braced

I learned to be brave

Stepped out of the cell

Things are not

The same

But all

Is well.

17:56pm - 09/01/25 - on my bedroom floor. Remake of a poem I just wrote and accidentally deleted.

Author: Chloe S (Pseudonym) ( Offline)
Published: January 9th, 2026 13:08
Comment from author about the poem: in a way, this poem was weirdly prophetic. the original, my first skin, was shed and lost. i didn't want to let go of the poem, but it was not something i could recover once it was gone. so i rewrote it the best i could remember, and it is not the same, but all is well. i didn't expect to actually experience exactly what i had written in the moment, but here we are :)
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