I think this poem, along with "Passing the Tests," is one of my favorites. I wrote "Leaving Doubt Behind" after hearing some good news and dancing my heart out to New Order's (Live) "Temptation." Enjoy!
Leaving Doubt Behind
by Lauren Taub Cohen
I am riding bareback
upon unharnessed joy
and we tear towards
a cluster of constellations
calling out my name.
Bulky layers of assumptions
and fraying threads of certainty
unravel in the billowing wind
and leave me bereft
of who I used to be.
Completely disrobed
and entirely
unencumbered
I charge
into the unknown
with unapologetic
lust
for life.
