a litany of ruminations

VIII: be BOLD, be BRAVE

(spread your wings

don't be afraid

and soar high

up in the sky)

she was an inferno

like a warm hearth on a glacial winter's day

molten gold and blazing sunlight

(eyes pools of golden fire with a smoldering gaze to match)

burning bright in the dark night

(do not mess with her

if you don't want to get

burned)

yet he...

he was quiet silver

and softly glowing moonlight

(kept to the shadows)

the daredevil and the loner

were once on the flat rooftop of their apartment building

(they were neighbors of sorts)

(high above the city like deities watching above)

and she...told him to be brave

be bold

(soar high in the dark night, my friend)

fight back like a wild tiger

"If you're afraid all your life

what's the fun in that?!"

"Ready to be brave?" she asked

and she spread her wings

(So did he)

and she took off the roof with a running start

and

LEAPED

into the a i r

(into nothingness)

so

he gathered the courage

to

spread his wings

and

F L Y