Have you ever stood so close to the edge?
The smallest breeze… the simplest word could push you over
You don’t want to hold on, but you’re unwilling to hold on
You expect the first thing you feel to be the ground miles below
If even that.
Where are they? The one’s who “care”?
This is all only a cry for help really, even if you are willing to fall
No one to hold you back, every passing second pushes you over
You realize there’s no one there, who said that you mattered
Nothing was real.
You feel the sensation of falling, your stomach knots
You know what’s coming, you know how it all ends, you know why
“It’s not your fault you ended up here anyways, you were only a victim”
Why sell my strength? My worth? My pride? The ugly price
Of being the victim.
Where did the days go, where everything was just fine?
Surrounded by friends and family all day and protected through the night
Before one trouble scattered everyone, and left you alone in the world
Was it all a dream? Was it all a lie? Were you the one who was lying
To yourself?
No one by your side, nothing to keep you safe
This is how life’s meant to be though isn’t it? Everyone left on their own
“Where you end, or when it’s all over is only evidence of your worth”
Every memory, every lie, every fear, every insecurity
Is pushing you over.
This isn’t the end. Or is it? Is this only a nightmare?
Air stings your lungs, pain tears your heart. The tear on your face
The hurt on your mind. This has to be real
But why did you end up like this? You thought you were going to become
So much more.
And then you fall.
Fall.
Fall.
Only you hit the ground sooner than you should.
You don’t break the way you should.
You fell on your back; the ground gave way
The arms of love pulled you away
You land on your back, gently and calm
Laying in the grass, where you belong
The sky is blue the breeze is soft
Would everything really have been better off?
The Song of life the sound of joy
It was real, not the imagination of a foolish boy
Your heart will heal; find one who cares
She helped pull you out of your nightmares
Every passing moment your sense of life grows
Every breath you take heightens your awareness
You’re not the victim find forgiveness
Stand up again, battle, ready to take the blows
You put yourself on that cliff; don’t go there again
From your mistakes you can learn
Thank love, and after her continue to yearn
Fighting hard, singing beautifully, everything life was meant
To be.
Wrote this a while ago, redemption after trauma.