Crystalline shimmer
dancing in the background
lost to darkness thick
hated by so many
missed by so very few
fearing to be the one
only one to fall

Waiting for sunshine
thinking solely of absence
not pessimistic but cynical
watching closely the stars
hoping for that failure
just a single one
only one to fall

Crystalline shimmer
standing on the brink
peering over the cliff
never daring to jump
ignorant of its magnitude
broken masses led by the
only one to fall