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February
27, 1998
A
Leap of a Different Kind
I
came to an edge
where
the reality I lived ended
upon
the vast unknown realm
against
which my solid world
became
immaterial and fleeting
contained
within
that
great beyond
inscrutable
yet not alien
pointed
to by all
this
world’s unswerving signs
the
Reality beyond the real
all
encompassing and the grand
confirmation
of all I knew
what
else could I do
but
leap
and
I leapt and landed
safe
upon
the Truth beyond the edge
how
more reassuring
than
to wander this life
avoiding
Truth
only
to find the edge
bottomless
in
death
In
a mix up over which computer had the more
recent
file, I inadvertently deleted the file that
contained
the only original copy I had of this
poem.
What you have read is a reworking of
the
theme. I think it is superior, but
the lively
original upon which it is based but since that is
gone we'll never be able to tell.