The Edge

Sheer Cliff
Standing at the edge of the cliff
We notice there are two possibilities.
One, we can remain, safe, where we are.
Or we can jump into an unknown future.

On one hand,
we are freed by the possibility of not jumping.
But imagining the flight without experiencing it
is a also a kind of suicide.

Seeing both sides of the view is not one or the other,
but a third angle, floating beyond hesitation and demise.
This is the philosopher’s island of peace.

Yet paralysis and demise are ultimately choices.
Most of us are not philosophers.
We yearn to fly.
Flight implores choice.
Our wings need to be developed as we grow.

Decisiveness resides deep in the body.

3 thoughts on “The Edge

  1. “Why did I play my standard movie instead of running that “improved” version?”

    Because people are like pieces to a jigsaw puzzle. You rarely find two that make a proper fit.

    He could have been Norman Bates, yanno…

    It’s all good G, we do what we do for a reason. Just trust your intuition and go with the flow.

    Happy Yultide!

  2. “Seeing both sides of the view is not one or the other,
    but a third angle, floating beyond hesitation and demise.”

    Interesting point, David! I hadn’t thought of it in quite that way. There’s hesitation, there’s being stalled out or stuck, and then there’s bridging the two sides.

    “Decisivenes resides deep in the body” — what a great line!

    (By way of constructive suggestion, see what you think of the idea of eliminating the word “One,” from line 3.)

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