Silence and Suicide

Silence

The lights of the city gleam, and glow below me

I raise my hands before me

And feel the cool night air

The air wafted past me, nudging me slightly

I nearly slipped, but caught myself

Not quite time yet

They had questioned my reasons

They told me

“You’re an IDIOT!

You’re killing yourself, out of what?

Curiosity? That’s stupid!”

But alas, I had nothing better to do

And it felt right

As I gazed at the mixture below

of monstrous beasts, majestic animals, and creatures in between

I thought

of the Trivialities

of how these little things get us through life

This made me glad

So, I leaned forward

and fell

Wind, charging past me

Like a crowd of damned souls

Trying to escape

I hurtled downwards, and let myself go languid

as though I were laying in bed, too exhausted to rise

My body twirled around

like those sky divers you see on Real TV

It felt like minutes, hours were passing

as I grew nearer and nearer to the cold pavement

all I felt was serenity, and

The wind,

The ground appeared

Larger

Larger

Larger

It was time

Impact

Cracking bones

Blood gushing, flowing, staining the pavement

It all went black

Black as pitch

Silence