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Elevator Shaft
By Kevin Robey
April 9, 2013

Here he lies at the bottom of this elevator shaft
This is where he fell and snapped his shaky back
This fate is his and one that he truly deserved 
This is where the road bent and he swerved

He cries knowing she’s surely better off now
He didn’t save her, broke her faith, let her down
Missed the jump, down this elevator shaft he fell
His fingers slipped then his broken heart swelled

He could have saved her from that fire
Now they both are hosts to that funeral pyre
Instead he passed by that heated room
Jumped for himself to that cold, dark tomb

He never made it, never saved himself 
Selfish life that he lived for nobody else
Thinking now, choking on the dying air
About the girl he loved with auburn hair

Never again will he grip her steady hand
Wiping away the lines she drew in sand
Never again will they redefine their lives
Forgetting the sharp edges of their knives

His pulse is slowing, there isn’t too much time
His thoughts have stopped connecting in rhyme
His bright world now faded slowly to black
If he could do it again, he would change it back

Before he set himself down this dark and selfish road
Where he paid the price of this roller coaster overflow
Up and down, he ended on the cold basement ground
His heart finally gave out, and he died without a sound

There he laid, dead at last
She died too, almost as fast
They are never going to save each other
He simply fell and she was smothered

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