Not to fall but to rise

You said, I listened

I had to see it 

for my brain to capture 

what had been told 

fragments of words 

binding to form a sentence 

but my mouth couldn't move 

to formulate my fear of watching you fall 

I could deny one by one the accusations 

of another verbal parade of thoughts 

condemned to serve only one being 

I was prepared to defend myself from you 

then i stopped 

for i was afraid 

i deserved it all

-Hayi