Falling in love is like falling
Over the edge of a cliff:
You don’t notice it is there
Until it is too late, and
You’ve already lost the ground
Beneath your feet.

You try to claim there were
No warning signs, but
You know that isn’t true,
And anyway you could have
Seen it coming if you had
Kept your eyes open.

Falling out of love is like falling
Out of a speeding car:
Sudden, unexpected, painful,
The sort of thing you read about
But know it will never
Happen to you.

You try to give chase, but
The car has already dwindled
Into the distance,
And anyway you are slow
And broken, exposed to the elements
After so long in a steel cocoon
That you have forgotten how it feels
To be outside alone.

09/22/2019

Posted on 10/13/2019
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