Shadows Fall

This is it" I think to myself

As I stand an inch from the cliffs shelf

"This is where it ends" I say

As I take a step and then I sway

This is where I fall

Where I brake

This is where I fight the snake

Then I do, I fall

I close my eyes and embrace it all

I hear the shadows

And see the darkness

Holding me like a harness

As I plummet, I jolt

Realizing the mistake I took

I flail and wail and reach for the light

Realizing I'm losing the fight

I frantically search the night sky

Something bright catches my eye

I reach for the hope that's so far

Just a twinkle in the distant stars

I hold it on my back

Then I hear a wings flap

I begin to rise

I'm breathless with great surprise

Flying above it all,

I'm saved from the shadows fall