fallen again

now I am fallen
detached from my dreams
knocked down and broken
for reasons unknown.

fallen again
struck down from above
a thunderbolt thrown
from the father god’s hand.

the tower falls
when the lightning strikes
strength turns to weakness
in a flash.

the trap is sprung
the door slams shut
a sharp sudden wind
blows out the flame.

what is security
what is hope
what does it mean to be safe.

a slip of the foot
and the climber slides
down the mountainside
all the way down
from the sky to the bottom.

I saw the sky
but it was a tease
I thought I was flying
but I was falling.

am I unlucky
am I damned
am I doomed
to keep falling and falling.

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The fallen again by Rick Belden, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.