Cliff
8/10/12
I want to construct
I crave to create
but all of my energy
is spent on maintaining.
True greatness comes
when you’re willing to
take risks, but how can I
jump off a cliff when I can’t
even climb to the top?
Most people are stuck on
the edge. I’m planted at
the base, looking at the
pebbles that cascade off
of the feet of others that
dare to try.
I just wanted to be the mud.
I let myself dry out in
the sun and hardened
into a cliff with deep cracks.
Others jump off of me now,
and slough off layers of
crust with the cleats
of their shoes.
I am the base, but
I’m also the edge.
Only erosion and gravity
will be that final push
into the water below.
