Falling Man from Anomies & Enemies by Sand Swan

Falling Man

Here I stand, with open hands.
Breathing in what the sky has delivered.
Me and the wind, facing the end.
In the judgement of someone else’s decisions.

Pray for me.
If you pray.
If there is a prayer.

Focus my aim, disown my name.
Set the frame into past and present.
My swan song, delayed for too long.
Finally focused in fateful fruition.

So I dive on in.
Determination wins.
And I fall. And I fall. Forever Falling.

Flying and falling feel the same until you hit the ground.
The moment is calling, answer the sound.
Pray for me or stare at me, a choice for those who remain.
I give sympathy for those who’ve done the same.

And so I dive on in.
Determination wins.

You never saw the rot.
Was there all along.
So comfortable and safe from the storm.
But now you’re seeing me.
It seems a tragedy.
It’s just the consequence of our anomie.

For far too long I’ve been a coward.
Now in this frame you’ll see my power.
So stare at me and see a colossus.
Don’t look away, embrace the pain, the fear, the freedom.

The artist.
The arsonist.
The addict and the advocate.
The demagogue.
The tag-along.
The judge who sets right and wrong.
The humble and the meek.
The confident, the weak.
The servants to the system.
The Sisyphus and the Icarus.
The burdened who flew too high.
The runners from it all.
First responders to the call.
Into God’s arms we all must fall.

And I fall. And I fall. And I fall. Forever falling.

Why don’t we dive on in.
Determination wins.
So hold your breath and stare.
Pray for me if there’s a prayer.

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