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Jump

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I could jump—
     no, not to die—
          just to feel the freedom of falling,
          of my body kissing the pavement;
     just to let my last breath slip away in laughter.
I could totter to the edge, all haughty,
     and tell myself I could fly
          only for gravity to remind me I’m average—
     to feel the universality of broken bones,
     of mixing myself with the earth.
I could dive,
     magnificent in the sunlight,
          and be omniscient for a second,
     believe in something more for a second.

I could jump—
     no, not to die—
just to know what I was missing;
just to know what it was like to be living.
Never fear! Captain Angst is here, with his sidekick, Cliché Boy!

I hate to say it but I do quite like this, in an embarrassed sort of way.

Sorry, I'm still hopeless at getting back to comments/deviations. But I mean well.
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SilentxoxScramer's avatar
This is probably the most beautiful thing I have read in a long, long time.