The gradual awakening
Is as a dream…
Yet, not a dream!
Here I am, emerging…
(the metamorphosis of a butterfly)
Coming to life
after lengthy slumber;
from darkness, into the light;
able to move…
to expand my wings!
I am free…am free. | CFP
BORN IN BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA IN 1957, CLAY IS MIXED HERITAGE OF NORWEGIAN, DUTCH, AND ENGLISH ANCESTRY. HE HAS PUBLISHED POETRY AND EDITORIALS AND JOURNALS. “NEW LIFE” WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 1995-96 ANTHOLOGY, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF POETRY.