OUT ALL NIGHT LONG

on confronting a fear

sitting on a collumn

long, tall, pedistal

half submerged in a merky fluid

shooting me above it all

as some island plateau

keeping me distant and astranged

from objects blurred

by my poor site

to know they are not near

dip my toe in the pond

resulting in chills to my spine

and a shiver through my ears

inspiring a steady rise upward

and a leap into mid air

diving into what once a muck

turned suddenly clear

in search of sun

admist reflection

things up north