"Leaves" By Garrett R

"Leaves crunch underfoot as we step, hand in hand, smiles etch their way onto our mouths. Uncertainty, that wink in your eye, that clue in your voice, the laugh of urgency screams for me to move... I cannot. For the leap that I would need to take is over an edge that leads only to another cliff. You wait at the bottom, calling my name, I stand trembling miles above. Nature's winds blow stronger trying to force me off the edge. I see shadows hurtle from my being, I suddenly lose control. My thoughts, emotions and being are seconds ahead of me in my fall to you. I can only fear that when I collide with the earth, I will seize to exist. I fear even worse, that without you, I will dwell here forever, calling out to you. I connect with the ground, and search the floor for your welcome hands, I see nothing, I only hear you calling me from afar. Below me still, our distance great, the feeling greater. I see you walk away, hand in hand with my shadows. I am left thoughtless, alone...you have me, but oh, I don't have you..."