Keith Kenniff — Here

[bingobangobongo]

A cold bite of the wind kicked up and sent a shiver down my spine. At the edge of a steep cliff I stood, and the shiver almost sent me off. I stepped away from the edge of the abyss-- heart racing. The snow made my feet so cold, and the chill of the wind nipped my uncovered flesh. Alone I was, like an exiled soul, I was lost and forsaken. I stood shivering near the cliffs end, and in a stroke of rage, the cold wind clenched its claws of ice to my shaking bones. Immense pain seized the very core of my being, as I foresaw the final moments of my entire existence. I was going to die. I collapsed to the frozen stone on which I stood, pain fading, heart slowing. Hypothermia cradled me to numbness as I lay staring at the stormy sky above. My state of delirium became quite comforting, and my mind began flipping through old memories like a vivid hallucination-- memories of home, of my mother, my childhood, the street I learned how to ride my bike on, my old dog Apollo. I thought of my first childhood sweetheart, and the way her lively hazel eyes pierced through mine, sending shivers down my spine. Laying on the frozen granite cliff, paralyzed, and numb, I slowly allowed my eyes to rest.

[matthewbecker]

HERE is where I stood at the cliff of my addiction. As I looked down the even further plumet of my life, fear ripped through my essence. was this it for me? then I felt a breeze stop me from falling forward as if it was the hands of my grandpa catching me. the wind whispered "know thy worth" tears flowing down my face of joy yet humble shame. the memories of my innocne and wrongs all at once. the days I would cook with my grandma in the kitchen. the smell of pasta sauce tickling my nose. the serenity of my grandpa's deep laugh, my first finger painting put on the fridge. yet all times I disappointed them and they still loved me. my failures, heartbreaks, people I harmed and run away tactics. but still they held me with love. that was the day I turned around and never came back HERE

[nathanbailey]

This should have been on the “Gravity” soundtrack