What Lies Within

What Lies Within

© 2019 by P Michael Biggs

Emerson once said,

“What lies behind us

and what lies before us

are tiny matters,

compared to

what lies within us.” 

That one takes some breaking down,

some mulling and some musing.

Is there a wild and crazy someone

living inside of me?

Is there a Picasso, an Aristotle,

another Hemingway perhaps?

Can I really climb that mountain,

whether as a physical challenge

or a mental one?

What lies within … hmmm

Where do my thoughts

and desires take me?

Where do my wishes

and wants want me to go?

There are a lot of musings

in these thoughts.

I suppose it melts down to this …

Know thyself.

Oh, how I long for that …

For me – for you – for the world.

Ah … an epiphany.

When I know myself

I begin to scratch the surface

on what lies within.

What a great day that will be!

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The Leap Is Scary

The Leap is Scary

© 2019 by P Michael Biggs

I’m scared.

I’m on the edge.

It’s time to leap.

Will I do it? 

Would you?

You write.

What if nobody reads it?

Will you leap anyway?

You sing.

What if nobody comes to hear you.

To sing again is a leap.

You invent.

Will they buy what you invent?

Leap! Again and again … LEAP!

And then along comes faith.

Faith in self.

Faith in You and me,

In our ideas and our gifts.

And so we screw our

courage to the sticking post.

We leap.

No parachute.

No safety net.

No promise.

No guarantee.

We just leap!

Happy Landing,

again and again.

Keep leaping,

Always leaping.

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