Lightning flashes across my face
Breaking the expected mold
Breathing fully
Hearing birds shout their piercing cries from the crows nest
Awake to the storm that's gathering
Ride the waves of towering power
See the far horizon choppy with breakers
Know the shore is close and the rocks threatening
Steer clear to the wide open reaches
Find the world at the end of the world
Leave behind the doubts and the tears
Live in the frozen present
Fully fearful, raw, shattered
Unknowably alive
Lost beyond words
One moment to the next
Present
On the edge.
Rage no longer quiet
Pulse strong
Eyes bright
Alive.
-- Larry Wolf (1996)
[Posted 2025]