Rise and Fall

I heard a voice saying accept defeat

I have gone far enough and what’s left of me

Cannot fight against these forces

My fate is this, whatever I have come to, whatever I cannot escape from

It is heavy clouds that can hold no more weight

It is building up and breaking into a billion glittering pieces

It is falling down

I am this, the product of two worlds trying to balance

One dangling dreams above my head, and one carrying life beneath my feet

And I’ve watched them both submit to a cycle of impermanence

Conscious drifting into the unconscious

Stars lost in the light of day

When these balance there is creation

When they do not there is chaos

And I have tipped the scales

Because as night kept turning to day

My dreams felt stolen by reality

And I resented light for revealing scars on my skin

That were hidden in the darkness

So I hid in shadows until light went away

Now I am trapped under a sky that is clouded and gray

And as these falling pieces begin to flood

I hear a voice saying accept defeat

I cannot float here forever

I have to let this end

This is my fate

It is the earth pulling me into the ground

It is warm with the energy of life

It is healing