Poetry: Falling Off the Edge

Help me again

I’m falling off the edge of the world again

The lump in the throat

The tightness in the chest

I’m watching myself in slow motion

Go right off the ledge

And it’s dark and frightening

I can’t see where the fall ends

I don’t feel like Alice

I’m not going to Oz

It’s all in my head now 

But what if it’s not?

My face hurts from smiling

My chest hurts from fear

I shake and quake and fake 

Because no one can know

No one can know

Keep it together

The show must go on

No one can know 

You’re on your way down

Keep on smiling even though it hurts

Keep on laughing

No one likes the sad little girl

You’re falling off the edge of the world again

Maybe this time into stars

Maybe on the other side of it

There will be no more scars

Perhaps we’ll drift there in space

and be Amazed

Falling off the edge of the world

Into a better place?