The Worst Way to Fall



Climbing upward,
only knowing the way is up,
she goes, counting the seconds,
trusting her muscles, her truth.
The girl makes the mistake
of looking downward,
seeing far below,
people watching her.
The ones on the ground
eye her with such strangeness,
and she is drawn to the mystery
shrouding their souls.
Taking one hand,
she lets go and reaches down
as if expecting them
to take her hand and lead her.
Too far up for them to offer help,
the ground dwellers beckon her,
they call her
 to the darkness below.
Losing concentration for a tiny second,
she falls helplessly from her perch
directly into the arms of a man.
What a place to be,
relying on the strength of one soul,
breathing in the air,
that he expels.
It was bliss, it was happiness,
until he dropped her,
sending her to her second death,
another perfect accident.
All she can hope for,
all she now dreams,
is for that man to climb
using the vigor he stole.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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Kassandra M. Konecny

Kassandra Konecny is a lover of listening to music, hiking in the mountains, and observing the way people act. She began writing vigorously when she was fourteen and will hopefully never stop. She has had her fair share of trials lately, and tries to encompass nearly every subject there is to study into her writing. Kassandra plans to study creative writing and psychology. She's 17 and currently lives in Utah with her family. Contact her at kassandrakonecny@hotmail.com more…

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