AS I FALL

this open space of yours
just down by the
dark edge of the clouds
where we are
running with the rain
the water which must come
unavoidable

where i will turn
and watch the earth
disappearing beneath me
in silence
no one will yell
there's no one to move their lips

i might close my eyes

just feeling the wind licking my
fingertips
moving my hair from the neck
as i fall