LAST STEPS

It's time.

I looked over the world one last time.

I breathed in the air one last time.

I walked for the last time.

Taking those few steps, to the edge.

Not just the edge of the grass, leading to where I would fall, but the edge of life, leading to the inevitable.

With every step, the calls in my head became louder and louder.

Walk closer.

They would say.

Go. Do it. You know you want to.

It's time. You know it.

This life and this world has caused you too much pain.

I listened.

Because what they were saying was true. 

And there I stood, at the very edge, my toes just hanging past the edge of the grass.

The edge of life.

I was so close.

So close to what I wanted.

This was what I wanted.

So why did I hesitate?

Why did I stop?

I pushed away any second guesses.

This was what I wanted.

I was going to a better place.

Where I would be happy.

Where I wouldn't be in pain.

Where I could be one piece again.

Where I wouldn't be broken.

And so, I took that last step forward.

Releasing the edge of life, and falling into peace.

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