it was the kind of heat
that slicks your skin
and dampens your clothing,
matting it to your body
but i kept on walking
each step was another day closer
15
14
13
12
the edge was getting closer
11
10
unbearably hot
but somehow comforting,
like a blanket
it engulfed me
and it started to feel okay
to be exposed
9
8
7
i could hear the waves
getting louder
as they crashed onto the rocks
spewing foam up the sides of the cliff
6
5
4
the baby carriage was getting harder to push,
as i had loaded it with more
at each step
3
2
my mothers tears,
some naivety,
thoughts of looking back,
fear,
anxiety,
questions
1
things that i didn't need anymore
swelled in the buggy
and the day was here
to let them go
the drop was steep
and unrelenting
0
with a swift push,
i covered my eyes
and listened to it fall
as i rose
into the sky
higher
and higher
and higher
goodbye
to everything holding me back
my destination,
new and uncharted,
was all that was on my mind
and as i looked out
over the Pacific Ocean
the fear of saying goodbye
became nothing
but a shipwreck in my past,
a reminder that
it is so much easier to say hello
and welcome each new experience
with reckless abandon
Nov 9, 2012
Nov 9, 2012 at 9:05 AM UTC
it was the kind of heat
that slicks your skin
and dampens your clothing,
matting it to your body
but i kept on walking
each step was another day closer
15
14
13
12
the edge was getting closer
11
10
unbearably hot
but somehow comforting,
like a blanket
it engulfed me
and it started to feel okay
to be exposed
9
8
7
i could hear the waves
getting louder
as they crashed onto the rocks
spewing foam up the sides of the cliff
6
5
4
the baby carriage was getting harder to push,
as i had loaded it with more
at each step
3
2
my mothers tears,
some naivety,
thoughts of looking back,
fear,
anxiety,
questions
1
things that i didn't need anymore
swelled in the buggy
and the day was here
to let them go
the drop was steep
and unrelenting
0
with a swift push,
i covered my eyes
and listened to it fall
as i rose
into the sky
higher
and higher
and higher
goodbye
to everything holding me back
my destination,
new and uncharted,
was all that was on my mind
and as i looked out
over the Pacific Ocean
the fear of saying goodbye
became nothing
but a shipwreck in my past,
a reminder that
it is so much easier to say hello
and welcome each new experience
with reckless abandon
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