The Art of Leaping
7.25.23
It was an art form
Forgetting and letting go
Releasing the realities
Into the universe,
To focus simply upon what was next
And what would come,
Instead of running back
To a world that created today,
A world we chose to hide,
For reasons unspoken of,
A shelter we created
For ourselves from questions
Of choice and error,
We all had the freedom
To begin again,
But only a few had the talent
To design where they would go,
Instead of repeating the same void
Over and over-
They called it insanity
Repeating the same
And expecting different-
But perhaps it was memory loss
An erasure of pain
That lead us to never learn,
And only those that had made the leap
Had learned to work with
What they were given-
Sharing their art with the world
As they leapt off
From the same starting point
With an already heavy heart.
Katrina Thornley is a nature poet. novelist, and freelance journalist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!
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Katrina Thornley
Rhode Island based author and poetess with a love for nature and the written word. Works currently available include Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature, Arcadians: Wooden Mystics, 26 Brentwood Avenue & Other Tales, and Kings of Millburrow.
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>That was a bad idea. I thought you knew… >Oh, the pathos! I don’t really know you as well as I should. In fact, I may not know the real you at all. That essential, sparkling you that you only reveal to a select few. Had I been paying more attention to the stories you are so fond of telling, in which you are invariably author, narrator and protagonist, I would not have been so foolish as to set you up on a blind date. After all, no friend has ever done anything of the kind for another. That’s preposterous. What is a friend, really?
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Comments (18)
Leap of faith - a hard thing to ponder, and a rewarding thing to actually do. Well said! 😊🌹
Such an eloquently worded poem! Great work! I love the flow of "Releasing the realities ". Those words together are so satisfying
"The Art of Leaping" beautifully dances with words, guiding us to embrace the present with grace, leaving behind burdens and leaping towards boundless possibilities! 🌌✨🌟https://vocal.media/authors/zeeshan-may
This was so wonderful!!!
I love this and I love that different parts of it are resonating with different readers. A very deserving Top Story!
Loved it so much I have read it several times now. Well done.
''They called it insanity Repeating the same And expecting different'' these lines touched deep....congratulations on top story friend!
The Creator’s path is a yellow brick road filled with thorns along the way.
This is so beautiful. Congrats on the TS
Motivational and inspiring!!! Loved it!!! Congratulations on Top Story!!!
This is beautiful ✨😇 Well deserved top story x
Congratulations on your Top Story❤️🎉🎊‼️
Congratulations on your Top Story, Katrina! Well deserved. The first two lines resonate with me the most.
Wonderfully done. I loved your closing line. Congrats on a well deserved Top Story.
I loved the language of this 🖤
Art that is borne through pain & suffering, sharing its hard fought wisdom with those who would receive.
This was so wonderful! You've written it so beautifully!
Nicely written, Katrina. Ah if we could all only see past the Veil of Forgetfulness 👏Pernoste