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One more step

I’ll never turn back

Two more steps

Freedom at last

 

Nothing ahead

But sunlight and sky

Nothing behind

I’m willing to try

 

Losing faith

In all I once knew

Losing fear

As the edge comes into view

 

Nothing but contempt

For the people of my past

Nothing but willpower

To move on at last

 

The closer I come

To doing the “what if”

The closer I come

To the edge of cliff

 

–Katie Rose Waechter