Mind-Fall April,2007 Poem by Stacey Knippenberg Ricci

Caressed and Distressed
Ever present mind-fall
Off the edge mind-full
Boulders crumble and bounce around
I struggle without breath
To carry the most menacing
Slipping in the gravel-gravity
My eyes shut tight
My bones crackle
Like splintered steel
Beneath the weight
of Mind-full Mind-fall
Ticking away moments on memories
Who would fear the fall?
When gracefull arches crumble
I beg the horizon for foothold
In a garden made of gravel