What if the bravest thing you could do today is leap—without needing to see the landing?
“I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness”
― E.E. Cummings
Reflection
This brief yet blazing image invites us into courage without calculation. To “take the sun in my mouth” is to accept life fully—heat, brilliance, and risk included. With closed eyes, the leap becomes an act of trust rather than control. Cummings suggests that aliveness is not cautious; it is wholehearted. We don’t wait for darkness to disappear—we move through it, carried by vitality and wonder. The poem reminds us that meaning is found not by standing safely on the edge, but by choosing engagement, even when outcomes are uncertain. To live awake is to leap anyway.
Something to Think About:
Where in your life might you be called to leap—trusting your inner light more than your fear of the dark?
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