Breathe

The feeling of falling is intoxicating
 But only because rising would be inevitable
 You never sit at the bottom for too long
 Before the hand on your head lets you gasp for air
 And suddenly you're soaring
 And sheets of rain could fall down
 And leave you chilled right to the bone
 But in the end, the rain is water and it can't kill on its own
 It's the lightning crack that marks the storm and leaves us freezing in the cold
 But if you breathe in deep, you can almost taste that bolt before it falls
 With just one step, you can survive electric shocks amidst your soul
 I beg you to take a breath and just keep on walking home
 Because you're only falling
 You haven't fallen quite yet
 You still have youth
 And time to rise again
 And if you're walking and every day it seems to rain
 Look down and focus on the cement and what within it lays
 Watch the dandelions, they grow amongst the cracks between your feet
 And how they've somehow fought through dirt and stone to stand alone and breathe
 Despite their beauty, we call them a disease
 That consumes, destroys and spreads as it may please
 Before a hand comes by and sweeps them off their feet
 At least you're not a dandelion
 And if you breathe in deep, you can almost taste that bolt before it falls
 With just one step, you can survive electric shocks amidst your soul
 I beg you to take a breath and to just keep on walking home
 Because you're only falling
 You haven't fallen quite yet