View From Below

Or... wonderful, wonderful.

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“Be still, and the earth will speak to you.” Native American Proverb

I've stood where others placed me, on the peak
Of their regard, where thin air breeds acclaim,
Where every gesture feeds a hungry fame,
And found the vista strangely poor and bleak.
The world below seemed distant, small and weak,
While I, suspended in…