"I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear of falling
or catching fire.
I chose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I chose to risk my significance;
to live so that which comes to me
as seed goes to the next as blossom
and that which comes to me as a blossom,
goes on as a fruit."
-Dawna Markova-
