Volcano

At long last, he arrived at the precipice of the spewing volcano.  The heat upon his face, a furnace breathing dragon.  A long journey, now facing a great fear.  Voices within telling him to let go, to give in, to leap.  Trembling, unable to breath in the suffocating heat, he finally gathered his nerve.  He calmed himself, his breaths growing slow and steady.  His mind clear, he leapt headfirst relaxed, plunging like a shuttle descending into the atmosphere.  A leap with the hope of home...