I'm on the brink On the edge of a vast endless plain I look down and see the dark The unknown, unexplored, the dangerous I look up and see the safety of the familiar The warmth of friends and families The days of conformity and knowledge, the days where all has been explored and all has been learned And I'm tempted to jump I'm tempted to just fall into the black abyss Smiling with my face to the lights and my arms extended Embracing it in a friends farewell I'm tempted to leave To have my adventures To see the unseen Know the unknown I hear the scrap of gravel against The underside of my boot The soft breeze kisses at my face Urging me to fulfill my desires And explore a new realm I look down, and I imagine freedom Not death, for I shall survive this fall I look up to the sky And all at once every moment Every place in time has seemed to sync To lead me here To this Cliff And at the bottom of this hole, This massive opening in the earth I have no idea what I'll find But the elders have gone here They have searched and seen And they are afraid. They are afraid of accepting new things They ban the concept of originality And beauty I have one foot over the edge It's cold, a refreshing cool descent |