preparing for flight

and just like that, another month is flipped to the back of the calendar.

i'm not exactly sure if anesthetizing my sense of time is something to toast glasses to; the blur of days has spared me from fully bearing the brunt of prolonged high-altitude sickness. and i have to congratulate myself for even staying this far up this long when many have already let go and fallen. i have finally reached the apex... and the time has come to make another life-changing decision.

the past year has been memorable--for the lack of a better word. and 2006 will be written in history as the year that belonged to the man of many personalities faces. the man of generosity and greed. the man of truth and false gossip. the man of revelations. i will fondly recall several of the lessons i've managed to keep through this eventful climb, using them appropriately as i prepare for my next feat.

the last two weeks have been an epiphany: rediscovering life--painfully beautiful--spread through the panoramic view of the horizon. i am now ready to jump. and fly. and soar. with the anticipated sweetness of freedom lingering at the tip of my lips. and the psalms of bigotry left behind to echo within the hollow walls of wealth and power.

penniless. unarmed. free. life is better lived this way, in my opinion. but one will have difficulty surviving in extremes. so we adjust. and we move. constantly. until balance is achieved.

world, here i come (once again)!