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Free fall

Falling

By Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 4 years ago Updated 4 years ago 1 min read
Free fall
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I’m falling,

But already slammed hard on your wall

I’m falling

Free falling

But I can’t seem to find anything to hold onto to,

I’m falling apart

And you know that when I do

It’ll be fine for you,

So let me fall

Let me slip away.

Yeah, let me fall,

Because it was an inconvenience that I stay

Everyone says it,

I’m a fool that falls too much,

So let me finally

See that end,

Whatever it is,

Let me free fall into that void I created

Let me fall

It’s not a death if I’m still breathing

My brain sinks,

Comatose

Falling apart

Like my slow-beating, terribly aching

Heart,

Let me skip the eulogy

And keep breathing either way,

You won’t notice

How hard I fell after all,

Because

My body moves

And you’re more than happy to see

Me sink

Sink into my hubristic decay.

sad poetry

About the Creator

Melissa Ingoldsby

My work:

Patheos,

The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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