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The Leap
by Debra Rose (Age: 23)
copyright 08-19-2009


Age Rating: 7 to 127

 
b-r-e-a-k-i-n-g
s.h.a.t.t.e.r.i.n.g
I
sliiiiither from this
casing -
- this -
dank
cramped
broken skin.
I
s t r e t c h
my wings
but they have
so
so much
(so very much)
pain.
New limbs.
New...
strange growths.
Foreign things.
What are these?
I ruffle my own feathers.
I
watch them molt and I
am


afraid.

I -
I am
g
r
o
w
i
n
g
taller
and
longer.

I am
spreading my wings
and I am
terrified
of what
this
means.

I am
standing on the tree branch.
I am
seeing the
long
long
long
tumbling fall
to the ground.
I am
shivering in the
gusting,
billowing,
screeching wind.
I am
cramping in new feathers
I am
whimpering at the feel of
unused limbs.
I am
expected to fly
and I am
growing up.

My flesh
my skin
my shell
(my youth...)
it is
-f-l-a-k-i-n-g-
.crumbling.
and I am
shaking.

I
stretch out my wings
I
let go of the tree...





...I leap...




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08-29-2009 Akshata Shanbhag    

Hi Debra,
I read this somewhere : "When we come to the edge of the light we know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown,
of this we can be sure ... either God will provide something solid to stand on or ... .. we will be taught to fly".

The flow,form and sound of your words makes it very easy to imagine the transition to freedom in great detail.A leap - The simplest of acts and the scariest.

A wonderful read made special by the effort involved in perfecting the arrangement of words:-)-Akshata
08-22-2009 Susan Brown    

Hi Debra,
I like the way this looked on paper. The shape from this "tall fall" was excellent. Bungee jumping free- very nice. I enjoyed how the style of your line changed here and there.
Susan
08-20-2009 Alan Reed    

I am sure that this is what and how the butterfly said "fly away" to itself for the first time. How could it think anything else?

And you captured it precisely in thought words and form. The Grand Leap - described in such detail and spirit. I liked how it g-r-e-w.

Metamorphoses - the true answer to and example to the question "is there an infinite process that repeats itself forever". Thank you. -Alan
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