Zip Line
Looking down over 200 feet.
I pause.
I climb back down.
Again, I climb up,
Hoping. Hoping. Hoping
Desperately
That I could fly,
be unafraid.
The others, they quickly descend and scream in exhiliration, as they climb back up to go for a third, a fourth, a fifth round.
and i wait.
Peering over the edge of the platform.
I can't do it,
I climb back down.
Suddenly I hear only 10 minutes left.
One last push, I climb up, and let loose. I feel the breeze washing me, and I too yell out in ecstasy.
If only I did not worry. If only I accepted the cheers of my peers. If only I lived in the moment.
If only I did not REGRET.