The Pit of Love by Jennifer Hadra "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul"

The Pit of Love by Jennifer Hadra

 

I fixed my eyes upon the pit

and vowed to stay away

and yet the blackness called to me

from where i wished to stay

 

they say love's one man's folly

and another's key to fame

but love was not an issue

i hated the crying games

 

still i wandered toward the pit

it held a strange allure

it proved a place of mystery

id never been before

 

up to the edge i crept

looking into the abyss

though i knew not what awaited me

this chance i could not miss

 

i lived a sheltered quiet life

i longed to risk it all

i took one more step forward

twas there i took the fall

 

i tried to grab onto the edge

regretting my new fate

instead i kept on falling

my efforts were in vain

 

although i landed softly

i sensed a bruise or scar

but those were often made

in matters of the heart

 

however doubt consumed my mind

would he be like the last

until at length i felt a touch

it swept the doubt id cast

 

his strong hands pull me close to him

as one we climbed above

i realized i had fallen safe

into the arms of love

 

By Jennifer Hadra "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul"