The End

Slice of life anyone? Written sometime last year or the year before

There's a rift

A dark abyss

endless depth, unfathomable

fall, and fall forever

There's an edge

a cliff

follow it with faltering steps

step wrong, once, you're gone

There's a path

A trail

leading away

make it there, take it anywhere

There's a barrier

A gate of brambles

Touch and bleed

the thorns of your insecurity

There's a life

a chance

beyond the gateway arch

through the pain and thorns

There's a death

A dark end

Misstep and fall

the abyss is so close

Don't call for help

You suffer alone

Your lonely plight

is not their fight

Cry in the dark

You're lost

to the opening canyon

cavernous, shadows looming

Road's end.

Goodbye.