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Edge of Reality
Step forward, breathe in,
Step backwards, breathe out.
Step forward, step backward,
Breathe in, breathe out,
Breathe in breathe out
Breathein breatheout
Breatheinbreatheout
Just.
Breathe.
Walk all the way
To the edge.
Peek over—
breathe in, breathe out
—look all the way down:
Blue.
Walk all the way back,
As far as you can go.
Look forward,
Into perfect sunsets,
Salty air,
pretty cloudless skies
Forever.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Run.
Run forward
—Jump—
Tumble off the edge:
It's not graceful,
And it never will be if it's going to be fun,
Run forward leap off the face of the earth and fall.
Fall into blue.
The ocean roars,
Crashes beautifully against the face of the cliff.
Alluring, sparkling blue
Against dark stone,
Deep and welcoming,
Hurtle towards it,
Fall and Plop! and
Sink. ?
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