falling

My blood rushes out,

But where does it go?

I’m terrified and faint,

My face white as snow.

I was standing on a cliff,

That started crumbling.

It caused my feet to slip,

And now I’m stumbling. 

My stomach is dropping,

As I’m falling through the air.

Afraid I will shatter,

It’s the landing I fear.

This feeling that I feel,

It takes over me.

From my face and my fingers,

To my fumbling feet.

My mind cannot think,

My mind was not ready.

Simultaneously I’m,

Too light and too heavy.

This feeling’s so familiar,

I feel it every time.

Like my life’s spilling out,

And leaving me behind.

It’s just like a nightmare,

That I wish wasn’t real.

I’m completely paralyzed,

By this feeling I feel.

I know what it is,

I have felt it before.

This pain in my chest,

That chills to my core.

Something’s been broken,

That cannot be mended.

Something too final,

A life that has ended.

Like a shot to my heart,

The things that I thought,

Could only be one way,

But really they’re not. 

It’s a shock in my bones,

It’s a rip in my soul.

Where the life leaves my body,

Draining through a hole.