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The Cliff

Charles Michael Craven

life on the edge is crowded,
as the flock veers towards the middle
the best of us stick to our own patch of green
next to the fence.

all outcasts in our own way.

either to drugs
to alcohol
to family abuse
neglect
broken hearts
or sanity.

I’ve suffered them all,
seen them all,
but I’ve never seen you,
and until we meet on that ledge
I can’t promise
I’ll stop making the same mistakes
on the edge we all call
society.

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