Call It In The Air

To the right thing, no matter how difficult.

Step into the spotlight.

Hammering heart, last wrongs for the right.

The choice was never mine to make.

A chance no one would dare to take.

 

If you want to speak then say it loud and clear.

If you want to leave then why are you still here?

Is justice betrayal? Is mercy compromise?

Neither of us are innocent tonight.

 

Tossed into the sky without a moment of care.

Both sides scream for blood, the only difference is whose.

No time to decide just call it in the air.

No matter what happens, I will be the one to lose.

 

You won't have long.

Faltering heart, last rites for the wrong.

Hanging on the end of a dying conversation.

Kindled furies beyond reconciliation.

 

You dropped your arms, you closed the door.

But I won't doubt what I am fighting for.

Deathly still as summer storms and silence stir.

Neither of us are who we thought we were.

 

Tossed into the sky with the utmost of care.

Both sides scream for relief, neither will be sated.

No time to decide just call it in the air.

But it's been within me all along, something darkly fated.

 

Your eyes burn with vengeant tears.

The truth you've outrun all these years.

A mistake you knew you were making.

But the world is not yours for the taking.

 

Two sides, one coin, no hope of repair.

Call it in the air.

Author's Note

A simple judgement call lost me one of my best friends. Though I feel like I did the right thing in the greater scheme of things, I still wish I could have done it without hurting this person. There are so many thoughts racing through your mind during a simple-knee jerk reaction... but is doing the right thing worth it in the end?

Reviews

[R J Askew]

I read this in a personal way. I was thinking about reading in public when I read the first few lines and the nerves that causes. I know you were writing about a very personal split, but I cld not help reading it personally. That line 'The world is not yours for the taking' felt very personal to me. It cld almost refer to a mad ambtion I confess. How strange we all are,

[Corset]

No one could ask for more than doing what they think is right for the big picture, how you deal with it is another matter. Great poem on hard choices. well done,
nice rhyme scheme too.

[R.A. Youngblood]

I'm speechlees, this poem is amazing...Rhyming is just unnecessary! thanks for sharing!

[Lily Mae]

Sometimes the knee jerk reactions are because we haven't been listening to little signs being shared with us before this. So I get it..and totally understand the emotion behind it. Unfortunately we all have had this happen a time or two..xo

[Bats In The Belfry]

Im lost for word, this is beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes because it will resonate with many.

[Shy Girl]

That's a hard question to answer...because until you breathe no longer the end hasn't come yet. You still have the opportunity to right the wrong, fix the broken, mend the heart, ease the mind...but I like the way that you actually made this decision sound as though it were two sides of a great battle for a right to what makes us human. Humbling and creative at the same time. It is a harsh thing to decide wrong...but are we ever really wrong...or is it just that you don't agree with eachother?? Stunning piece. Thank you for the RR :)

[Kiara]

This was amazing, and that doesn't even include the rhyming. I really liked it. :)

[Allen Smuckler]

The only thing you can do sometimes is react...the skill is in not looking back..
Your finale completed the message of the poem succinctly and thoughtfully...
Sometimes for the betterment of man...someone must fall...and like the coin in the air..we never know for sure, which way it will land
It's the lesson learned that's important..
well done WG
allen

[Thea]

Wow...Love the last two lines, it's very creative and mind-blowing...The rhyme scheme went out just fine. Good work!
:)))

[Aeternal Oceanfire]

I do love how you said "Call it in the air" instead of just flip a coin. It's much more poetic. Brilliant!