Parachute

July 2016

I will not be your parachute.
For you to use
every time you have the urge
to jump out of a jet plane.
To feel the adrenaline
You crave,
…only at the beginning.

I will not be your parachute
On your back
Like an overcastted shadow,
Tagging along to ensure your safety,
Only when you need me.
…not choose me.
I will not be your last resort to pull the red tab,
Thousands of feet from the real world.
So you can enjoy the view
While I expand and exhaust myself,
Carrying all your weight.
So you can breathe again.
I will not be your parachute
For you to use
Until you can stand on your own two feet again.
Without me.
Running full force on the ground.
…While I drag behind
Vulnerable and bare across the dirt.

As I do…
every chance you want to feel alive.

I will not be your parachute.

Reviews

[Gee]

Always there in the hope they will one day feel the way you do, but knowing deep down it ain't gonna happen. I like this and am surprised you have neither reviews or more more reads.