Slipping

She's running,

Her feet unseen,

And her heart racing,

To outrace a fiend.

A trip over a rock,

A slip over a root,

And her life and spirit

Soon become pocked.

With a thud and a crash,

And a scrape on her soul,

Her heart drops terribly,

As the pain creates a gash.

But she won't stay down forever

Because she's determined

And just like an angel

She'll do it eternal.