Easier to Fall

Sometimes it’s just easier to fall,

to let it all drop to the ground

There’s a certain calmness

in the center of the pile,

where everything has found itself

when you’ve let it go

Maybe that which weighed you down

wasn’t meant to be held onto

and once released it flies away

to someone else’s orbit,

leaving you to stand up on your own

When there’s no one and nothing left

to help carry the load

maybe it’s time to give yourself

the rest you need to rebuild and return

to places where the only back that carries

isn’t your own