Portals To Another World

walls

    My nails scraped and bloody
    Torn from my skin
    Used unfairly as grappling hooks
    In my shaky climb up this cliff
    My heart still down below as my hand slips
    My own gravity pulling me back
    Fighting against an unstoppable force
    That empty place in my chest sinking and sinking
    Cold air pricks me as I plummet through the air
    I got so close to the top
    To hauling myself over and beaming into the sun
    Yet here I am, falling right back to the beginning
    This time no tears track my descent
    The impact of my body on the floor is jolting
    I do not feel my spine breaking
    My lungs rupturing
    My limbs shattering
    I only stare up at the wall
    That brick by brick I built myself
    Defeat is the impact I truly feel