The wall between you and I

My nails scraped and bloody

Torn from my skin

Used unfairly as grappling hooks

In my shaky climb up this cliff

My heart still down below as my hand slips

My own gravity pulling me back

Fighting against an unstoppable force

That empty place in my chest sinking and sinking

Cold air pricks me as I plummet through the air

I got so close to the top

To hauling myself over and beaming into the sun

To glimpsing you, arms outstretched

Yet here I am, falling right back to the beginning

This time no tears track my descent

The impact of my body on the floor is jolting

I do not feel my spine breaking

My lungs rupturing

My limbs shattering

I only stare up at the wall

That brick by brick I built myself

Defeat is the impact I truly feel