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when dreaming leads you off a cliff
by Jared Fladelandthe slip
a piece of manila envelope
scrawled across a cliff and another cliff,
a man wiping his face with a rag,
staring across like a trapeze artist
preparing to slip just so he can regain his balance.
have you ever been still,
and the only thought running through your mind
was a bead of sweat running down your face?
You can feel an entire lifetime in that moment.
and now, you're jumping because of will,
and the last thing you remember
is the dream you had once
where you still had superpowers,
but it's obvious only when it's too late
that the dream world can never be reality. 11/15/2009 Posted on 11/16/2009
Copyright © 2026 Jared Fladeland
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Sarah Wolf on 11/16/09 at 02:19 AM This is good Jared. I never read you before but I really like this. |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 11/16/09 at 12:42 PM Good write Jared and of course those supper powers always blow up in our face at the wrong time so we jump, well, we jump just because we can. |
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