Not realizing that in letting me fall
You lost the one chance of saving yourself
And who was the more surprised to be falling?
There you were hanging, slipping further and further
down, shocked and stunned to find that suddenly
you had lost a part of yourself
and had not the strength to climb back up
While on the other side I hung, fueled by the
burning pain and asking why, pulling myself up
little by little
I was the stronger of we two
who could have known?
And finally, after years of climbing out of my misery
I stood again atop the mountain of life
Stood strong and tall, on my own,
though still wounded and aching
from the fall
And looking down I saw you there
still hanging
slowly slipping
And I offered you my hand
A chance to be pulled up
To use my strength
And see once again the beauty in the world
You reached slowly
unsure
I pulled but you resisted
I offered but you refused
Why?
Because you know me
I am trouble
I am danger
I am the one thing that you fear
You fear me in so many ways
If you let yourself be pulled back up
You have to face that
I am stronger than you
Your pride just won't allow that
If you let yourself be pulled back up
You wonder always if I will betray you
Push you back down
Your untrustworthiness will not let you trust me
If you let yourself be pulled back up
You worry that you will knock me off again
Have to stand and watch me fall
See me hurt again by you
And be left alone on top of the world
Lost
And is it your love for me or for yourself
that keeps you from it?
And here I stand
On top of the mountain
Beautiful and strong
And you hang on the cliff
Too afraid of me
to move
Heather Dawn Morrison