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ambrosia
hanging onto the cliff’s edge, i dangled
as a teenager with high ambitions, i clung
to that rock face,
content to live with my old ways,
too desperate
too scared to take the leap of faith
too worried to risk smothering that hope:
those imaginary friends that spoke in my head
murmuring soflty
of unseen galaxies and neverlands and escape
friends that seemed more real
than any in reality
that’s when you appeared
straight out of the mist
like that moment prince charming
rode gallantly so on his horse
to save the princess from the dragon
in that beautiful voice of yours
you told me to let go
but . . . what if i fall? i’d asked
i’ll catch you
you had said
don’t worry
you had said
i looked down
and saw you then
as a teenager begging to get out of her own head
i saw you
as a warm bed of feathers
glistening pristine white
promising safety
sanctuary
something real
a life beyond my prison
i lived in my head, in the clouds
dangling high above the earth
and so
beckoned by your promises
seduced by your passion
i drank your words
up like ambrosia
as a teenager dizzied by the promise of love, a hopeless romantic
i let go
and i started f
a
l
l
i
n
g
so damn hard,
caught up in the adrenaline rush
caught up in the promises
caught up my hope
caught up in you
as i
fell
blindly into your trust
fell
blindly into your love
as a teenager
so damn blind
i
f
e
l
l
and
so
C R A C K
went my bones
my flesh
my dreams
as if taunting me for even hoping
that i’d ever escape the lies
as a teenager,
too shocked to be heartbroken yet
still wondering why you could not catch me, save me
still not realizing that you were the dragon
as i felt
my dreams
splinter
on the rocks below the cliff's edge
the ambrosia now a bitter, cloying tang
spoiling
against my tongue
but as a teenager
in broken pieces on the floor
plagued with regret
i knew that i could've never guessed
that
falling for you, your ambrosia
would mean falling apart
i’ll catch you
you had said
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