The Leap

Walk up the green-sided road,
Lined with towering walls of leaves, shades of green, shapes of green.
Some leaves perspire, droplets form,
From the corners they collect and tip-out off the tapered end.

These drops fall on the brown muck below,
That which is waiting with open arms,
Welcoming every drop in the hope to form a streamlet,
To flow further down into what is beyond the horizon.

Approach the horizon like you were gliding towards it,
Although the heels feel the pressure of every step.

Look once, just one step before you can broaden your vision,
Down at the ground while the brown earth gives you the same effect
As coffee beans between perfumes.

Look far and beyond the great blue sea,
While the waves crash at the bottom of the cliff.
Do you see the formidable waves crashing into the rocks?
Now, do you see the seemingly calmer waves beyond?

Crouch, one last time, like a spring to extend more.
Jump like you were about to fly when you stop,
Mid-air, and let the wind engulf you.
Let the ocean extend its arms to you.

Close your eyes, ears, tongue, skin and nose
As you plummet towards the elegant mass of white and blue.

The first stinging touch of the water and eventual caressing of the undercurrents will take you
To the bottom of the ocean, far away from a world you knew,
And very far away from a world you loved!

The sights you see, the sounds you here, the things you feel
Are very different from what was familiar.

Welcome this new world!
So much more to know, to see, to love!

Welcome these new experiences,
A whole new realm to love!