The desire to regenerate.  To cast off our old self:  Old mistakes. Old failures.  Old scars.  There seems to be a new, better self waiting to be born, if only we could shed this old skin.  This work ends in disappointment,  not because the rebirth cannot be done, but because it cannot be done separate from the love and grace of GOD.

Snake Skin

Crawling round these  rocks

day after day

scratching and writhing

cloudy eyed

and limbless

pull away this worn, grey, faded skin

bring forth and behold

the fresh, bright  body within.

Trudging through these rocks

called days

scratching and writhing

glassy eyed

clutching  limbs

as if to tear away this mortal skin

an expiring hiss of disappointment

at the same dull being within.