While we marvel at the dolphin
or whale breaking surface, this great
leap is followed by a great surrender
back into what no one can see.
These surges of power are always
followed by a letting go.
Like the whale, we are never done.
Like the dolphin, we nose our way
into the world, only to plummet
back into the deep.
Adapted from The Half-Life of Angles: Three Books of Poems by Mark Nepo. For more information visit MarkNepo.com
