"Falling" by Alessia Cataudella (pg

Falling

/ˈfôliNG/ adjective/verb

By Alessia Cautadella

1. their twinkling eyes. warm smile. soft embrace, that causes their name to repeat louder in your head with every beat of your racing heart. a brick wall slams in front of anything that does not represent their glow. their words enter your ear, seep into your chest, convince you to believe that the angelic voice singing within your body will never die... so you lose control to the risk of demons masked by a halo.

2. toxic thoughts race through your mind. dissatisfaction devours inside. every breath tries to fill the missing puzzle piece inside your chest, the one that will finally allow you to flee your body and see yourself the way the world sees you. spiraling, spiraling, spiraling, your mind doesn’t know which thought to listen to, so it’s spiraling, in efforts to climb the grand mountain of your dreams, you do the opposite.