Sink Deeper

Sink deeper.

Go long.

Imperatives, imperatives.

How they distress me.

Stop telling me what to do.

And so what happens if I allow myself

to go beyond this flash reaction?

What happens if I simply respond

instead of reacting?

Well, I'm not going to go long,

since I couldn't catch a football

even in my prime.

But will I sink deeper?

Plumb the depths?

I won't deny it's my desire.

You can tell that

by observing just how many barriers,

hurdles, traps, and thorny thickets

I set in place to keep me safe

from sinking deeper.

 

Sink deeper.

What is it that's actually down there?

What lies beneath the heap of discarded views?

Well, if I knew

I wouldn't feel compelled to sink to find out.

It's the unknown that I seek

and fear of the unknown is what holds me back.

There are those who insist

we already know,

in some part of our unconscious,

the unknown,

which then becomes the known unknown.

 

Nothing to fear there at all, at all.

 

 

Ann Tudor
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