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Hang On (8/24/2019)

12/7/2020

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​I was a speck suspended on a cliff face among the peaks and clouds. Watched below by gawkers with binoculars, and above by a hawk.  These people, my ilk, my shadows, would judge and criticize, but the hawk just called out -- trespasser.

Even at this altitude the heat of day warmed my face. The memory of my mother’s thoughtful words saddened me to think their echoes would soon die. I tried to adjust my grip but the pain was almost unbearable.

My adulthood was a fusion of responsibility and recklessness that made friends lovers, but relationships inevitably die. 
What did my life serve?  I always thought it would be good to die on a mountain. I almost laughed.  I wouldn’t be on a mountain but the valley floor.

The hawk’s forlorn cries taunted me, goaded me, but still I held on, clinging until I couldn’t cling any more.
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