Cliffhanger

Teetering on the edge staring into the darkness below the swirling emptiness reminds me of my soul a bottomless pit filled with hopes and dreams never to be reached and yet I dangle day after day I should have lept by now to discover new depths or to end old disappointments but like the punch drunk boxer whose pride refuses to quit and never intelligent enough to realize it is time I shall battle on yet it would be so easy to throw in the towel submit to uselessness to martyr myself but it is not my pain nor my suffering that approaches the edge it is yours and my desire to take it into the depths of my very soul........ I wish that I could sacrifice myself for the pain of the world, especially the children, but then I realized I am amongst the multitude.