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Fear of Falling
Fear of Falling

Hardly had we reached the top
than the dread of heights seized us,
spinning the unlimited vista
into a yawning maw of emptiness
that sucked confidence from our bellies,
buckled our knees so that we fell,
incapacitated, to grasp the earth
and hold on with grinding teeth.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 05.28.21
Prompt: Hardly, Top, Dread.
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