there’s only the sound ahead of me

the weight of others on the cables

I imagine I’m a bird.

A baby bird that had just learned to tottle on its legs,

Its eyes taking in the world around it.

I’m a red bird.

Red like the sun and the dawn and the leaves.

my heart is pounding

because i’m on the edge of the platform

and i’m about to fall

I’m going to fly

because I’m about to open my wings

My heart is pounding.

and i’ll touch the ground

and I’ll get back up again

there’s people ahead, and they don’t know

they don’t know that i’m stuck on the edge of this platform

about to plunge down into the leaves

I can do this

i can’t do this

i’ve never been brave

never been the one to take that unbelievable jump

But I can be

I can see the looks of pride

i can back away now

i can step away from the touch of air beneath my feet

But what was the point then?

You climbed all the way to the top

Only to be a coward and to climb

Down to the safety of gravity

this is how you’ve always been

afraid of danger, of the unknown happening

But there’s no point of living without fear

Without adventure

Prove the world wrong

I take a step

That unbelievable step

And I jump