The Ledge

I sit up on a ledge
Staring down at water, jagged with my decisions
Loneliness hedging me to jump to end it all

Cloudy, dusty skies threaten rain upon me
It will fill the river, forcing it to rise and consume me faster than gravity could have pulled me down
And I welcome it

I think about all my choices
What led me to this peak, or could push me over the edge
Here I decide to give in to fate
To have God take me where he will

I lie back on the rock
The cracked pieces digging uncomfortably into my back
And I stare into the endless sky overhead, where someday I may hope to rest my tired mind

-A