From the Chrysalis

From the Chrysalis - meaning Summary

Tentative Transformative Emergence

The poem uses a chrysalis metaphor to describe a speaker on the brink of transformation. Emerging from confinement, the speaker senses an expanding capacity for freedom but also uncertainty and awkwardness. They accept that becoming—learning to fly—requires fumbling, misreading signs, and making mistakes while hoping to follow a "clew divine." The tone balances anticipation with humility about the imperfect process of change.