I am in a foreign land

There is a fresh spring of water

It is surrounded by big boulders under water

They are like cars

There is a kid operating a zip-line

It is an old zip-line that towers 50 feet over the water like a giant

The zip-line is a strong wire with bike handle bars

It stretches 200 feet across water

If you let go too early then you will die

I step up to try it but I stop

What if I slip

What if I let go too early

What if I let go too late

What if the wire snaps

What if

What if

What if

What if it is fun

I build up my courage inside

I reach up on my tippy toes and grab the bar

I push off and soar over water like an eagle

I wait for the right time and take a deep breath

Then I let go and I feel weightless

I fall 50 feet in slow motion then plunge into water

I swim 20 feet back up to the light

Once I reach the surface I am as happy as a mug

What if I didn’t try that

Up in front of all of your friends

All your friends staring at you,

Worried about what they think,

All your friends thinking about your presentation

Up in front of your enemies

Laughing at you

when you mess up,

judging you,

Talking about you,

Up in front of all your teachers

Looking at you,

Thinking about you,

Grading you,

Having the power,

Up in front of everyone

staring at you,

judging you,

only thinking about you,

Then you finish.

And you become one of the people

It’s a way of life,

the darkness always comes,

it is sent from heaven straight above.

don’t be scared,

don’t fret,

it’s not real,

unless you think about it.

Overpowering you,

thinking about it more and more,

you start to feel it hover over you like a plane,

consuming your state of mind until you fall to the floor,

begging the dark angel not to kiss you to sleep,

never waking up again you raise to your feet.

Is it just space, or on top of a cloud,

are you going to meet God,

or go straight down?

Your friends and family miss you,

you have nothing to do,

you don’t even notice they start to forget about you.

Don’t be scared,

don’t fret,

the darkness doesn’t consume you,

unless you think about it.

By: Olivia