They warn us not to look into the abyss, that dark place where light cannot get to. They tell us that we might get lost there since those that look within do not come back or come back changed.

Deep below the surface we believe that there is no end to it, that it has no bottom, and if that is true then we would fall forever. Yet falling forever is in it’s own way flying, and who doesn’t want to fly?

A truth about the abyss is that it is dangerous to visit. There are no travel brochures other than warning signs that tell you not to go there.

A truth about the abyss is that it is seductive, that those who visit may not want to come back. It takes us to another place that we are told to fear. It is dark, they say, but that is no threat to the blind, and are we not blind to a place we do not visit?

The only problem with the abyss is that we do not know what is down there.

Some of us go look.

Some of us come back changed.

Some of us do not come back at all, and because they do not others tell stories of monsters and other things down there.

The abyss is it’s own refuge from the world, a respite that gives perspective.