metamorphosis | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Mon, 06 Apr 2015 12:56:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg metamorphosis | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com 32 32 Stinging Nettle to Butterfly Wings   https://anitamathias.com/2014/06/10/stinging-nettle-butterfly-wings/ https://anitamathias.com/2014/06/10/stinging-nettle-butterfly-wings/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:08:13 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=61244   And how, and how Could that prickly caterpillar –All bristles and danger– Feeding on the stinging nettle in my garden Become a peacock butterfly, Four shimmering iridescent eyes?   My God, my God, redeemer, Even today, take my life, The years lost to self-pity, anger and sadness, False starts, wrong directions, promising trails abandoned […]

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