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LATITUDES, 2ND EDITION
​Poetry

I Fell
​by Donna Beumler

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I fell
As if from a great height
Whether or not I was pushed is irrelevant


I fell
And it was not a smooth, pretty thing  
But rather jagged, jerky, ungraceful


I fell
While terror and relief
Both swept over me in equal measure


And my mind screamed
“NO!”
But my heart spoke softly: It will all be over soon


I fell
And I kept my eyes squeezed shut
So as not to know exactly where I was along the way


But when I began to feel 
Heat from the asphalt below me
I knew it wouldn’t be much longer


Then I suddenly remembered
With a vividness
That startled me 


I remembered that I’d fallen before
And from buildings
Much taller than this one


I remembered that I’d been thrown from rooftops
And that I had slipped from narrow trails 
After stepping forward foolishly



I remembered that I had once been tricked
Into jumping
And had often leaned too far over the edge



And though I’d fallen before and would surely fall again
I remembered
That I could fly




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