Beyond the Precipice

Standing at the precipice,
hanging by the skin of my teeth
with eyes brimming with tears,
I looked down into the murky abyss.

How often have I tried to unravel
what lies beyond the realm of mind?
Ethereal and graceful,
One of a kind
An all-knowing, all-encompassing
that only my heart knows better   
where my soul finally belong.

O Death, calm my restless spirit
Deliver me from this despair,
Tell me, how long must I suffer
this feeling of anguish in my mind
before my soul to its abode depart?
I want to step my feet
where there’s no further to go.

A silent bolt of lightning strikes my heart,
A flash of darkness sparkles
like an echo reverberating in
a yawning void wrapping me
in a swathe of emptiness
that this world cannot fill.

Consumed by fear driven by mistrust,
I raise my arms to embrace
this foreboding darkness and
plunge forward whispering…

Life, I bid you adieu.