Fear of Falling
Sometimes when I look down from a high building that is so far up I get scared. Oh please
oh please don't let me fall because this can't be the end. The feeling I feel when I am
riding down a hill my heart is racing and I just can't stay still. I thought this was
just a fear of mines, heights I just don't like. But if you saw me like I saw myself I
felt my heart completely drop. I better hold on for dear life because it feels like i'm
losing control, I have never been this afraid in my life maybe it's because I don't go
far from where I am supposed to go. This is all new for me and I feel like it's my
destiny to one day conquer this. But now, just for now I will stay as close as I can to
the ground. I want to feel it touch my feet and I want to hear the sand moving. I would
never want to be high enough so that I couldn't escape. It's a feeling on loneliness you
just want it stop. No one can prevent that feeling of shock. I closed my eyes and braced
myself for a huge storm as I fought the current in a battle that I didn't win. This is
how it is in the world of feeling scared, there are all kinds of fears and we just have
to live with it.
Copyright © Shahana Jackson | Year Posted 2005
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