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Leap Within
LEAP WITHIN
To contain oneself means to transform the world inside;
Never to spill out for one second the rain of many sorrows,
Or the darkness’s many evenings upon the lighted outer day.
Vast is the sky of consciousness compared to outer skylines
Where the inner constellations portend more auguries because
Inner restlessness is greater than the outer twinkling of stars.
Into these skyscapes we enter because dying is no longer to be
Able to hold onto the ground under our feet; our swan-like soul
Gently lifts ourselves up and over all the rippling of the outer world.
Our lives pass into their transformation as the external world
Dwindles, knowing that the most visible happiness is revealed only
When transformed within; this is our inner labor of Hercules.
Where once we lived and gave meaning to the outer Land of Egypt;
Those obelisks that once had meaning and pylons that upheld our
Earthly structure, now fade into the greyness like an alien city.
Never is the world an open pure space we tried to make it; we even
Twist the young child’s face around, forcing it to look at the world;
And, in doing so, the ascending child will face death as an adult.
Even lovers obstruct our view, for each lover looking at the other
Ceases to look further behind the other; such is the oversight of our
Outer gaze darkened by looking at a creation of projected shadows.
The beloved is always truly seen as one heliotrope the gaze inwardly
To see the Self enfolding the entire creation of not self; happiness is
The gnat who takes this leap within to rest on the corpus of bliss.
@2026 Sai Gafio
