A Study in Contrast

He sits there in the dewey grass at the edge of his world, as a new day rises.

Everything has been brought together to define this one moment. The knowledge from the past, with the objectivity of the present, mingle with the uncertainty of the future. He takes the time to survey all that is laid before him, and stiffly straightens his arms for that one last push skyward. As his feet feel the slick dampness of the grass and dirt, it is altogether familiar and strange. A study in contrast ...

While uncertain of where it may lead, he follows the sounds of his world as he takes each step. While knowing and not truly knowing where it will go, he places one foot in front of the other and moves closer to his edge. Peering over he sees the end and the beginning, and all that lies in between. He chooses a specific point and leaps upward and onward into something ... that is altogether familiar and strange ...

The landing has been decided, the events preceeding and proceeding it have been determined, and while it is old and known, it is somehow new and different.