Learn to Fall

Fear. Fall. Fail.

Fall = Fail?

So many ways to fall

So many ways to fail

Prancing barefoot across a mossy log

feet slip

Covered in mud

don’t do that anymore

balanced on a ladder hanging lights

Ball, cat, dog, kid

Wobble, teeter

No more ladders, thanks

Skiing, jump rope, ballet:

So many chances to fail

Speaking, singing, loving:

So many chances to fall

falling

Learning from mistakes

Understanding

That it is better to stay

Close, close

Down

Down to the ground.

Don’t stand too high—

Don’t jump

don’t dance

Don’t risk the fall

Don’t risk the fail

And falling can be failing,

And failing EQUALS fear

Sometimes. Unless

Remember?

That one who slipped,

And, covered in mud,

Discovered: that the fall

Was not quite as

Expected?

Decided: that falling

Was not scary as

Suspected.

Take the chance:

To dance!

To sing!

To speak, to joke

To do your thing.

And you may find

That though you fall

You do not fail

And thus your fears

To no avail.

And I say

More power to you.


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