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Leap Out of Your Self
Follow a path that is trod by no footsteps
down to a flowing river.
There is a fish in the water
that has swallowed your joy.
Watch it leap, its silver form
diving into the air for no reason at all.
It has no feet, but watch it dance anyway.
See how it gulps the air that would kill it,
teasing death, then plunging back
into the sparkling river water again.
Sit yourself down
by the clear and rushing flow,
politely address the dancing fish,
be respectful.
Ask it to share its joy,
for there are no parts to joy,
it cannot be divided or parceled,
remember that you once came from the water,
you still have its salt within you.
The fish will see this
and it will offer you the joy
that never left you -
you left it.
Copyright ©
Eric Ashford
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