Standing Still

Standing still
On the edge of I know not what
I take a deep breath and steel my nerves.
It is not the moving forward that is scary
But the standing still
Breathe in. Breathe out
Frozen in time, unable to move
What is to be?
What will follow?
No answers, only questions
No parameters, no walls
Only a knowing that something…something is going to happen
Trust. Believe. Know.
Standing still, gathering strength
Waiting

The sounds are louder, the colors more vivid
The scents are stronger here
In suspended animation
I can hear the voices on the wind
Taste the rain
Sense the tension
Clarity in the void, in the waiting room of the gods
Knowing
Not what
But All, in the not knowing.
Poised for action. Ready to strike
But seemingly forever, in a moment,
Standing still