She waited
Posed
Standing on the edge
Knowing she could fall
Knowing how far down it was
But yet she stood there
Toes hanging off
Opening her arms
Breathing in the wind,
Wind that had been all over
She breathed in the world.
And for a moment
She smiled
And thought she knew
What life was about.
Then
The world changed around her
The ground swallowed her up
And she fell
Into the chasm of her mind once more
Fell
Fell
Fell...
And then hit the bottom with a sound
That rocked the earth
And then she stood up
And took a step
And another step
And one more
The scratchy
Gravelly
Rock
That made up the chasm
Grated on her hands as she took hold
Again.
Once more she lifted a foot,
But this time
It didn't touch the ground again
And she went up
Once more.
~PolarFarina
This took my breath away. I felt I was falling, too. Love the hopeful, upward ending.
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