The Drop by Alexandra Grunberg

can seem
impossibly
steep
if you
don’t look
down
to see
the dangers
inevitably
waiting
soveryclose
soveryclose
it is safer to stay
at the edge
looking
at every little
possibility
soveryclose
it is safer to stay
at the edge
but
it
is
so
fun
to
f
a
l
l
Alexandra Grunberg is a Glasgow based poet, author, screenwriter, and artist. She enjoys obsessing over fictional supernatural villains, hillwalking to isolated locations, and towns that are more character than setting. You can learn more at her website, alexandragrunberg.weebly.com.