Ava - A Perfect Fool

What kind of fool
Leaves all behind
To scale the highest peaks
Oh, let me be
That perfect fool
Who, once poised, doth leap.

What kind of fool
Travels light
With a trusted friend
Oh, let me be
That perfect fool
Who this way ascends.

What kind of fool
Bares his soul
For all the world to see
Oh, let me be
That perfect fool
Who is both wide and free.

What kind of fool
Accepts the gift
The gods delight to give
Oh, let me be
That perfect fool
Who gladly dies to live.

What kind of fool
Lifts his face
And drinks in crystal air
Oh, let me be
That perfect fool
Who outwits every snare.

What kind of fool
Wears a plume
Reaching for the sun
Oh, let me be
That perfect fool
Who shines for everyone.

What kind of fool
Leaves all behind
To scale the highest peaks
Oh, let me be
That perfect fool
Who, once poised, doth leap.

I have long thought 0-The Fool is the most inspirational - and inspiration filled - card in the Major Arcana of the tarot deck. And would that I be so.

I have recently learned that the shadow side of being 0-The Fool is being a fool in the way the world understands a fool to be.

Definition as per on-line Oxford Dictionary: A person who acts unwisely or imprudently.

And then there is the old saying: "A fool and his money are soon parted".

So, I ask myself: Is being a fool a good thing or actually a bad thing?

Interesting...