I walked along

The roots

Of life

Dandy and slow and whimsical too

I tripped over them all

On my very last step

And fell on down

Down

down

down

There I go

I’m falling and cannot stop

I’m flailing and drowning

Where are my wings

I am no longer flying

You can take me alive

But no one can suffocate forever

My fingers

slip

from 

yours.

There I go

I’ll see you later, my friend

In my next

    life.