Learning to Fly

Desperation can be
a useful tool
once mastered.

Like a hand
in a fire
it must be tempered.

Walk close to the edge and look over.
leap over.

You must believe
you will awaken
before you hit the earth.

If you don’t
it won’t
matter.

The leap
and fall
are everything.

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