It's Not the Fall that Kills You...

I had a sudden realization of a horrifying truth

I’m falling,

Falling because I was stupid.

I let my guard down,

And the Lies took advantage,

They posed as the Truth.

 

I should have known they were Lies,

But they seemed so real and rational.

I mistook them for the Truth.

They led me to the top,

To the highest point I have ever been in my life.

 

I couldn’t believe it was happening.

It was so much like a dream.

Everything was perfect.

So I turned around,

To the one who brought me to this happiness.

 

Only now it was something else,

Something as horrifying as anything

I have ever seen in my short existence.

I was paralyzed at the realization of what it was,

This horrific and terrifying monster was the Truth.

 

I didn’t want it to be there,

I kept lying and convincing myself it wasn’t.

But it was there,

There to destroy my perfect, euphoric bliss,

Brought on by my own foolishness and willful ignorance.

 

It happened so quickly.

The Truth balled up a fist

And slammed it into my face.

Frozen by fate,

I couldn’t react.

 

I stumbled back

And my foot caught the ledge.

I threw my arms out

Trying to grasp anything that would keep me from falling.

Nothing but cold air graced my fingertips.

 

So here I am,

On my way to the cold, unforgiving concrete below.

This fall is so long,

I have had time to ridicule myself

For making a careless mistake.

 

So many times had I mocked others

For making such a poor judgment call.

But now it is me who is falling

And there is nothing funny about it.

Believing everything was perfect when nothing was.

 

Now I am watching the hard ground

Accelerate towards my face.

And as I watch, a saying rings through my head:

“It’s not the fall that kills you,

It’s the sudden stop at the bottom.”

Author's Note

I would appreciate any constructive critism you have to offer.

Reviews

[Tayler]

This makes me sad....mainly because I know exactly what caused it.

But that aside, I enjoyed this. This is a good piece, I like it.