The Ledge You look to the sky Praying that God is watching Because the pride you once had Has led you to leap to your death. Heartbeats and heavy breathing have filled the air And the sweet soothing singing of a flying by bird As your feelings and worries have begun to sink in The breathing continues but the blood gets thicker. As you stand there innocently Watching the transformation of the world You think …showed first 75 words of 172 total…

…showed last 75 words of 172 total…decided to step back as oppose to forward Because you think to yourself, that if you jump You would be a nothing, you would appear invisible, absent, omitted, but these thoughts form in its shadow, now-here. As you step back in the way you came out You feel a presence of pride which you thought you had lost But in reality the only thing that was lost, was the death of an innocent living thing.