someone
somewhere
is falling.

slipping into darkness—
an infinite abyss,
so far away,
with no sunrise in sight.

but in that place
somewhere
that person
isn’t the only one.

someone else falls too.

they’re falling in different holes,
to different places,
for different reasons—
but they’re both falling.

both of them have broken wings,
bloodied feathers,
and both of them are
screaming.

and one of them
reaches for the other,
desperately praying,
do you hear me?

but what happens?

up above,
the people are worried
and scared,
and they shout,
come back.

to someone.

but only one set of cries
reaches the surface.

and no one notices
the other one gone.

a very old poem written back in january (i think) that, for some reason, never got posted here. it was based on a situation going on with a friend of mine (that is still kind of going-on-ish, actually).

when i first wrote it, i remember feeling like it was very self-centered. but, hey. i guess that’s me.