"You jump, I jump
Remember"

Clinging on for dear life
Too scared to look up
Or look down
I concentrate on your terrified eyes the tears streaming down your face
"Look at me"
"Trust me"
"Give me your hand"
"I'll never let you go"
Whispering soothing words and giving you the hope to leap
"I can't do it, I can't jump"
"Yes you can - you trust me, don't you?"
"Yes"
I grip your hand tight
You scream
And scream
And scream
We're flying now
"I've got you"
"Sshh..it's ok - it's over, we did it"
I cup your face and gaze with pride in my eyes
"You did it"

"You jump, I jump
Remember"*

This is the Leap of Faith.

My tail curls
No complaints
No restraints
Just my cage
My large apartment
A tiny compartment
When you spend your days
Experiencing such a small space
Compared to the world
My large apartment becomes a cage
I need to leave
Get out and wander
Be free
So much to see
But I'm equally free now
I won't leave
My beautiful cage
So I experience life through endless pages
Books surround me
I don't have to wonder about the character's lives
It is written
Yet still I wonder whys
I wander
In consecutive numerical order
Sorrow, joy, rage
Fill the page
And I'm free
In a world bigger than Earth
Blades of grass
Colors of gas
I'm free
In my large little cage
My tail curls