Jump

I sit in front of faces with no features

So many words shared between us and yet nothing is said

I know nothing of them and they know nothing of me

But we label each other friends

We both have fears and joys

Our thoughts unique

And as our voices blend together I swear I can see their identities deflate

With ever programmed phrase they speak, they're letting go of themselves

Giving in to the perpetual rotation of the Earth

I let them talk, trying to keep the air in

Hoping I can float above the raging current that threatens to pull me under and drown me in the things I claim to love

But a voice inside of me says, "Jump!"

And I know that if I do I will never come back

Come back to what?

My story can be told in two lines with no climax

I live my life by traveling on the winds of others' spirits

Hoping to get lost

Knowing I'll be forgotten and wishing to forget

So I decide

Not for myself but for those who may forget me 

I take a deep breath

And I jump