This image is a guy jumping off a diving board from a cliff (which is dangerous) but I hope there is safety down there like a safety floaty. Hopefully he is safe but he is running YEAH!!
This was it. I was about to commit the highest jump into water. I was jumping from the top of Mt. Everest on a 20 foot long diving board into an artificial lagoon. It was my chance to prove to the world that I was the best high diver ever. I knew I only had one minute until I had to put my air tank back on and call it quits. I took some deep breaths, stepped forward, and jumped! It was 1.25 minutes of pure horror! I pointed my toes down and slid through the water. I had done it!!! I was so tired that when I hit the hay I went to sleep right away.
Heres my story related to siren head :A girl is running from siren head in the woods, at first she thought it was house head, then she thought it was light head, until she figured it was siren head.as she was running she could hear wailing in the background, alerting everything that siren head was near. at the last moment when he broke out of the wood running otward her, she jumped of the cliff hoping to land in some water, only to meet her demise, siren head caught her and ate her alive
I hear the yells of my classmates as my mind clouds over. Their voices pounding my skull as they shout at me to do it, to prove to them I am as brave as I say. To prove that I am just as good as them.
I take a step closer to the edge, the dark water churning from below. My thoughts travel to what my parents will think, or maybe if it will hurt, then to my best friend and how even she shook her head at the thought of me jumping. I shake the thoughts away and focus my eyes on the blue sky instead, finding it less frightening than the frigid waves beneath me.
“Just jump already!” a hear a kid yell as I take another step closer, a sigh escaping my lips.
I close my eyes, feeling the bitter ocean wind on my face as I step farther down the chipped piece of wood, closer to the bottomless sea that will soon contain me.
I open my brown eyes and look behind me to see the clutter of students waiting to see if I really have the guts to do it. To jump the four hundred foot drop, what they all call the “Death Drop”.
I move closer to the edge, directing my vision to my best friend who looks at me through worried green eyes. I give her a little nod and she nods back, crossing her fingers at me.
‘You can do it.’ she mouths. I turn back around with a smile and dangle my foot over the edge.
“Watch her turn back.” A kid snorts. “She will never-”
I jump.
They see me, They know I'm here, three two one ... Nothing there is nothing but a vast empty space am I real? am I here? what is my existence, what am I for, my purpose? to serve a higher being or to indulge in gluttony and not care of anyone's else's needs. They hear me, and my thoughts, well I don't know if that is true but I must not speak so they may not think I'm crazy. to avoid craziness is to embrace craziness itself. To understand the complexity and to unravel what has been taught to me. To lose all concept of time and space, for I am another being. I Know that my time here is short and that my life may have no meaning, but if so what does that mean? Does my heart bleed and stop beating or is it pain that i have been holding inside of me since my birth? Do I even feel pain? And is it a bad thing? I know there seeing if I will do it. To test my mentality and use it as an excuse to put me away but I will not let them. I will fly into an abyss of questions. Goodnight sweet reality, if you were ever true.
I didn't expect to come out of this soaked. But as soon as I saw four sets of eyes, a combined 16 furried legs tailing behind me, I darted off to where ever I could. The smacking splash as I leaped from the ledge? It was worth it. Getting all soaked? It's fine; It didn't soil my strap. For a passing second I thought: Canines can't swim right? Maybe, I should've just put down the strap of bacon in my right hand instead and let the beasts have it. --No. No one gets my bacon.
The leap of faith.
I jump.
Aaahhhhh......................... (relax tone)
(A long inhale, a long exhale)
............. relaxing, soothing and calming
The clouds and winds,
The skies and horizons
are oceans and blues
and pebbles are white
I relax as I leap to faith
I relax to love my faith
I relax how to say
I relax my mind as I lay
I relax to see the talls
I relax to tell it all
To know someone is there at the end to catch
and know to it would be all right at the end
The wind hits my face as I fall
I lay at the bottom to recall
but to know all is right, I lay on the clouds to tell it all.
All in all, I relax to for all is tall
This high cliff is the highest of them all.
I jump again for the leap of faith
I jump again to tell it all
Jumping off I feel every weight lifted off my shoulder not a thought in my head. As the wind rustles through my hair I feel free. The water sits still below me until splash! Pulled down by an invisible force until I get pulled back up. My head emerges from the water and I remember where I am.
Please, tell me that you bought a silver plan before contemplating this.
One, she looks over the ledge to see the calm seas and cloudy skies that hang above her like the dread and gloom that once filled her before. Stepping over the ledges means that she wins, she finally defeats her inner demons, the small ideas of unworthiness and self doubt that spiral into deep depths of depression and anxiety. If she can bring herself to cross that ledge then she wins. Step by step, she inches closer to the edge and her doubts engulfs her, fear takes over, and she decides to walk back. Two steps before her feet reach the ground, she turns around and leaps. The jump happens in slow motion as she frees herself of every minuscule thought and doubt. She's finally free.
After viewing the picture prompt,"Leap", I think this image could say multiple things. This could show someone trying to ave fun and jumping into the water. It could also show this person making a huge mistake and taking their own life. Us viewers can only hope and wish for the best. This could also show her getting rescued off a desert island, however I'm pretty sure myself and other are hoping this is just for fun.
Fear ran through my veins,
The fear of never being good enough, the fear of losing,
the fear of loneliness, the fear of the dark suffocated me,
I became comfortable in my fear drawn boundaries,
I submitted,
I answered to it when it called, i gave up when it told me to,
I backed away when it told me i could never even try,
Every now and then, i tried to escape it but it kept drawing me in,
I became tired of being fearful,
Of being tortured and attacked, i needed to release myself,
Here i stand, at the edge of the free waters and air,
i stand here watching, envying the waves,
i looked down and it stared me in the face,
it told me that i would not dare, that i could not,
I took a step,
I looked up to the a unconfined sky,
Then I took a step,
I watched the birds fly by,
took a step,
I watched the sun rise,
I stood for a moment,
pondering on absolutely nothing,
Then, I allowed myself to free fall,
Fear had left me to my solitude.
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Jump.
That is the only thing going through my mind.
Jump.
It'll feel like a rush.
Jump.
My heart is pounding.
Jump.
I'm scared.
Jump.
I'm nervous.
Jump.
It'll be alright.
Jump.
All it takes is one step.
Jump.
So.
Jump.
I guess.
Jump.
I'll take it.
Fall.
This is my story
After the countless hours spent in the hospital getting stitches and medicine for my bruises and burns I stepped outside to the welcoming arms of my father. He was devastated and kept me close to his chest without giving me room to breathe. It was at that moment in which I had given him my soul, my will and my life. I had left a relationship with my partner and they weren't happy about me going to live with my father. As I turned to the hanger to get my coat they clasped my wrist not letting go. It felt like I was under the ocean and the pressure had reached my lungs compressing them as my paper heart flattened underneath the glacial water. I didn't need them so I took their hand into my own and pushed them aside. This didn't sit well with them but I couldn't stay my father had been waiting outside and if I didn't go soon he wouldn't be pleased. It was the end of my relationship and I wouldn't start dating again until I could learn to trust people more. Remembering the hospital sent frigid jabs throughout my body. That was the point where I lost control of my body and mind. That embrace I had at the hospital was what ended my control it was an unwavering claw that punctured my very being as I trusted the authority over me. I jumped into his force and my leap of faith led to my death at the hands of my abuser. At the hands of my father.
It was Laura's 16th birthday. Instead of a fancy party or a car she asked her parents to go cliff jumping. Why? her parents wondered in their minds but decided not to question Laura. Laura had always been afraid of heights. She would not go on roller coasters with her friends, would not go to high places and she was tired of this. She wanted to overcome her fear of heights once and for all. When they were at the cliff jumping place Laura without thinking what was below her just took a step into the water and let herself go. She tried her best to keep her eyes open. She took a chance and discovered that she loved heights. That is where Lauras story began.
Here's my short story.
14 year old Sonia Raymonds stood on the edge of the board, thinking about what she was about to do. She had been severely bullied throughout her entire life; first at a young age by her stepfather then by the girls in her school. She’d dealt with being raped, she recently lost her sister and she just didn’t want to live anymore. Her mom told her to hold on, to keep fighting, but she didn’t really have control over her anymore. She had a broken mind with depression reigning supreme. Sonia thought of the only thing that had kept her going, her sister. She was gone. And she was never coming back. Whenever Sonia had had a particularly bad day, her sister would help her through it and vise versa. Now, the only thing keeping Sonia alive was the fear of death, and things had gotten so bad lately that even that fear seemed small. Why keep living when you’re living in hell? Sonia thought. She took one last look at the cold forbidding waters below. They didn’t seem so bad anymore… more like a gateway to heaven. To peace. I can finally be free… she thought. Sonia took one last look and jumped.
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After viewing to New York Times article "Leap" here is my poem:
Way high on the cliff
Where I fell at drift
I watched the ocean line
The clouds had no shine
The clouds seemed to get fatter
And so eventually I went SPLATTER!
Small steps get you nowhere,
Strides get you nowhere fast.
Small steps forward,
Small steps back.
Leaps and bounds
to unknown grounds
Do you know where you’ll end up?
Do you know where you’re going?
Will you stop if it starts raining or snowing?
Purpose is mandatory,
When leaping into new territory.
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The link to the article for this image hasn't been updated--the article corresponds to the image from several days ago. Can you mend it? Many thanks in advance.
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This picture could be telling us that a girl is committing susicide because she cant handle everything that comes with her life maybe she's getting bullied no one knows but her we can make as many observations as you'd like but only she knows.If she really was committing susicide I wish that she would of went about the situation differently because life isn't always easy but after the rain goes away there is always a rainbow and she probably could of gotten help to solve her problems but no matter what go where your heart leads you
I've always wanted to be adventurous but I never knew how. The anxiety builds up and I never go through with it. Now I am in a position I thought i'd never be in. Standing on top of a clip high above the water. I get different reactions from my friends. voices overlapping each other. "don't do it if you don't want to", "do it, it will be fun". I tuned out everybody as my heartbeat filled my ears. My chest tightens and everything around me was a blur. Maybe I was never meant to be the adventurous, spontaneous type. Maybe I was made to stay at home and lock myself from the real world. No, I am where I am for a reason. I felt a hand grasp my shoulder. I look back and see my friend with a disappointed yet sincere smile. His hand is still on my shoulder as we back away from the cliff. I push his hand off as I run toward the cliff and take a big leap. As I jumped there were many gasps and cheers. I landed in the water and looked up. My friends were cheering and shouting my name. A sense of adrenaline was coursing through my body. If it wasn't for my friends supporting me through any decision, I wouldn't have done it. I would have went straight home and never looked back.
In this picture I see a girl letting go, having no fears, and just jumping into the ocean. The message I'm getting is saying to have no fears and if you want something to just go for it. Jumping into an ocean where you can't see anything is taking a risk because you could hurt yourself. Just like if you were afraid to go to a certain college or have a job opportunity, you may not know the outcome but you just have to take that "jump" or risk.