Learning to Fall
I am alone.
Please allow me that.
I do not ask
For love,
Or forgiveness,
I do not think I deserve.
I have asked for peace
With no return,
So now I surrender.
Deal me the cards you choose,
But let me live my life.
Allow me to be.
Without torture,
And pain,
And the suffering that I now have.
Let me fall
And land where I might,
I am on my feet now
I cannot land any other way.
I am tired.
My heart is weary
And I cannot take much more,
The hallway is cold
And I await what is coming,
I will take it when it arrives.
But not today.
I am learning to fall,
But when I look into you for approval
Only criticism glares back
With its evil eyes
And hatred in its heart.
Let me be.
Let me have some approval
And faith
For what I do.
I need no harsh words
To go where I am going
To do what I am doing.
Please let me fall.
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