Reflection

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Step outside; the pouring sky-suns

Dance on panes and kettle-tops.

The surface glimmers

A jolting clarity shimmers

As the storm is climbing Everest

Out of the nest; that choice

Is best.



MUSINGS #11: This poem was written back when I was a student in high school; worrisome about my future and my security and independence. I wanted to be independent of my parents but also feared it would release a maelstrom of problems, responsibility, and difficulties that I might not be able to conquer. But straight up leaving my "nest" would be a selfish and immature act...for my family needed me too. 

In conclusion of this poem, however, I had momentarily decided the exact opposite was true. It would've been the easier choice...

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