Falling

People fall
In different ways.

Some people
Fall hard
And fast
With wide-open
Eyes.

Some people fall slowly
And don’t realize it
Until they’ve hit
The bottom.

Others pretend,
They pretend
To fall
And jump out of the way
So they can watch
The rest of the world
Tumble down the edge.

I never understood
How people
Could start falling
Then grow wings
Or reverse gravity
And fly back out
Before they hit bottom.

And why
Do some people
Never hit
The bottom?
What makes them so special?

And why do others
Scale back up the cliff
As easily as taking a walk?

Why do certain people
Take days
Weeks
Months
Even years
To climb out
Only to jump
Right back off?

Why are we so addicted to love?
We know it can hurt
We know the risks
But
We just keep coming back
For more.