Part of my Poetry Challenge. This is a didactic poems. Didactic poems instruct, advise, teach, or impart knowledge or wisdom.

This was written for a good friend who’s currently going through some stuff.

Here you stand
At the mouth of the cave
At the precipice
Watching,
Waiting,
For something unknown, unnamed
Something just past your reach

Far away, in the horizon beyond
Churning sea meets expansive sky
Calling,
Beckoning,
Urging you to jump

Behind you lies the darkness
Tender, encompassing darkness
Quiet, safe
So familiar,
So lonely,
Calling you back to its depths

And here you stand
At the edge of the darkness
In the place between asleep and awake
Pondering,
Wondering,
What would happen if you jumped?

Jump!

Fly, sweet creature
Spread your tattered wings
And soar

The peace you seek
Doesn’t exist in darkness
Not in safety
Not for you

Only through falling
Through flying
Through a trembling, shimmering sky
Through the pounding of your heart
Will you find what you’re looking for

Fly!

Soaring, tumbling,
Tattered wings trembling
Falling, then rising again
Yes, this sweet ecstasy!
Yes, this rapturous delight!
Yes, this!

This is what you were searching for

And all you have to do is jump.