sometimes I feel like I am still falling.
Eleven years ago, I fell off the edge of the world.
I tumbled, untethered, for a long time,
Eleven years ago, I fell off the edge of the world.
Never confronting the slow motion car wreck of my life.
Eleven years ago, I fell off the edge of the world.
Every time I thought it couldn’t get worse it did.
Eleven years ago, I fell off the edge of the world.
My life and relations fell by the wayside.
Eleven years ago, I fell off the edge of the world.
It would be easier to drown than come up for air.
Eleven years ago, I fell off the edge of the world.
I didn’t think I would ever stop falling.
Eight years ago, I fell from the sky.
I landed and the re-entry was bumpy.
Seven years ago. I fell from the sky.
I learned how to stand up, again.
and I just barely got back.
jr white 05.2024
Remain Lost 