Catch Your Fall.

The summer breeze rings in my ears like the explosion of a distant gunshot

It sings to me the song of love lost and kisses caught

That had been trusted to float amongst the wind to the lips of another

To not be lead astray or be destroyed in the unpredictability of the weather

When a summer’s day turns to night and the clouds slowly roll in

To cast a shadow over those who turn upward their chins

To let the light shine upon their face

To give them shelter, to give them a safe place

To hide in plain sight

From those who have stolen the light

Those who have used their hands to touch gently

But used their words to burn idly

Blissfully unaware of their presence

Or even more unaware of how their absence

Steals away the smile and effervescent laughter

Of how the innocent were before, and now after

The rain has poured and the lightning has struck

There is only one feeling left, the feeling of being stuck

Stuck in love with no one to lean on

Nobody to believe in, nobody to whom you belong

And those kisses that you blew with high hopes of being received

Have been swept up and thrown away, tossed out amongst the leaves

To be twisted and turned upside down

To be uprooted like the very ground

That you once stood upon so firmly, so trusting that it would always be there

And you realize that you and your love become lost in the summer air

And as you drift back down to the reality you’d so carefully avoided

Into the comfort of the pile of leaves that you never predicted

Would be the ones to catch your fall