Love and Hurt

Fall

No!

They scream

Don't do it!

They yell

'Don't listen' You tell yourself

You'd be closer to them if you fell

Just imagine it, the weightlessness before the hit

The thunk of your body against the cold ground

The freedom

You'd be free, once and for all

No more pain

Resolve is all that is left

Walk to the edge

Lean over and look down

The screams from below resound

'Jump' they seem to say, 'jump'

Your whole body is thrumming

'Fall' you silently scream

The pain in your eyes

The unseen pain in theirs

You can no longer take the stares

Step back a little

Hear a gasp of relief from below

'No' you think

You smile a little

This is it

'No, I will jump'

Bent knees, prepare to release

Force them off the ground

And suddenly,

Your airborne

'Goodbye' is your thought

Goodbye, wretched world

Goodbye pain, goodbye tears

Enough is enough, I'm done with this life

A second before, almost too late

You think

What could have been

What if I hadn't

What if I had been happy

Would I be a different person

No, that wouldn't have made me safe

I'm now nothing more than a raith

And my clock has stopped

Before, I had a face

Before I had faith

I loved and gave life my all

But that was before the fall