I look down
at the black water
that runs forward
lit brightly
by one streetlight
and cast away
by others
rushing
and whispering
begging me to come down
asking me to jump
like it would be so easy
and it feels like"it is
my body
crashing into the empty cold
and freeing itself
and flowing away
like a lying fish
that shouldn't be swimming
as my blood freezes over
and my cheeks stop burning
I want to jump
I want to rip a cannonball
into the water
but I stare
and stare
and keep walking
losing my feet
and my mind
to the sound
of the water
as it screams back
that I don't know what I'm doing
and this is the only way to go
but I don't stop I don't stop I don't stop
