Exuvia
"Upon awakening
the dragonfly takes off its first flight.
From previous life
just the casing remains:
the exuvia..."
My daughter and I
Every father uses to have different eyes for his children. Although he does not seek or want it, he is well aware of his emotional involvement especially to his daughter.
He nurtures for her a special sense of protection,
a sort of veil symbolizing his love for her...
He observes her in a summer afternoon while a sense of melancholy surrounding his heart slowly arises.
His Elena is no longer the same; she has now become a woman.
His mind clings to memories, a hug, a kiss received, those gaze and sound of her voice...gone by now...
A desire grows with him to imagine the metamorphosis
that has in one moment deleted forever the intangible nature of his love.
Imagining her while resting in a lawn.
On awakening she is held up by a sense of bewilderment, full of nostalgia
crouching down in the veil, that gift for her so precious.
But her desire for space breaks through
the desire to wriggle away and soar in a new dimension aware of her beauty.
Her first small steps are a timid one
Her gaze turning backwards over once
sensing her father still there, still perceiving him...
Time has come for her to abandon his gift forever
Folding down on herself and almost seeking it......
Her shoulders now turned to her past
A new path begins without the exuvia.
The dragonfly can now fly..
