A Fear of Falling

We are the sum of our fears, we fall

Uncontrollably from the safety of our virtues, we trust the wings of blind love

Victims of gravity, a force of nature that pulls us deeper into fear, we fall

For each other in a testament of love so selfless, a force we pray is stronger than gravity

Until we shatter and shake at the thought of being afraid, we lose trust in ourselves, we fall

Our faces disfigured with hurt, we tattoo our skin with the scars of fear, showing no weakness

Only remorse for the mistakes we have made, as we dress our limbs to hide the scars, we fall

For fake smiles and shallow embraces, compliments echo through hollow bodies

Our ears only hear the passing wind of time, we fall

Until fear takes hold our our will, we hide away from those that believe they can fly

Strangers who look to the air and remember when when we were young and fear coursed through our veins, it made us feel so alive, we fall

For shooting stars and fallen angels

For those that see our scars

For those that remember who we were before

We fell