Alert

Alert
Ever watchful
Awaiting
The moment
To move
To step out
Into the great and vast unknown
To place
A toe
Into the cold waters
Of life's ocean
Sink or swim
The next point
Unto which we must head
Stands
Just outside our reach
Taunting us
Willing us
To take that step
To leave security
To leave behind
All you know
All you knew
All you thought you'd ever want
All you believed
Would be enough
To satisfy
The longing
The craving
To experience
That next stopping point
To feel
That unknown wind
Blowing
Invigorationg
Keeping me alive
Watchful
Alert


Terry Rhiannyr
October 2012