Pupa's Valentine

Her mind’s clarity is air
warmed or cooled by light
a wavering thing
where you can sit
while she encircles
and breaths through you
but so far this year
I’ve seen only one caterpillar
on the passion vine
and that one now is hanging
in the pupa stage
inside that clarity
of light and warmth
from which two flames
eventually will lift her
from her ash of flesh
to lay her million eggs
and then be gone