today, the sky fell on me.
i lay beaten and bruised under the fallen clouds,
welcoming death.

today, i was blinded by the sun.
i wandered unseeing and lost,
welcoming darkness.

today, i was cut by the stars.
i waited, ragged and ripped
welcoming doom.

today, i was pushed off a cliff by the wind.
i flailed about with leaded limbs, hopeless,
welcoming...

today, i felt hands catch me;
i was lifted up. i looked down,
and i saw you -
rainbows in your hair,
skin the colour of olives,
eyes kissed by laughter.

today, you saved me again.
and i fell even deeper in love with you.

with a hundred ways to fall,
and a thousand ways to fly,
you are always
my favourite one.