You never think about it,
Don't dwell on what you don't know,
It's in the recess of your mind,
For none of us want to go!
But when the edge appears,
And it's looming there in your face,
The fear it invokes in you,
Is a fear you can't chase!
You're on the edge of a nightmare,
And you feel yourself slipping away,
And though we never want to die,
The calmness chases the fears away.
You feel yourself drifting on the sea,
The tide taking you to that place…to peace,
Where calm is paramount and beckoning,
Where pain and fears will cease!
At the edge, the crossroads...!
The choice of life in pain - or death in peace,
For me there was no choice to make,
I didn't want that release!
I came back from the edge,
And I returned from the crossroads end,
Pulled back from the calming waters,
And pain once more became my friend.
I came to within a breath away from death,
And though the calming eased my pain,
Still I fought will every fibre…
To stay in this place once again!
I went to the edge once more,
But for me, this was the worst one,
For the edge was upon me so totally,
I almost lost my fight, but I won!
I would rather be here as I am,
Than be calm in the face of death,
For I didn't want to die and leave…!
So I fought to stay with my last breath!!!!
I stayed, I came close to the edge, but I stayed,
The calming waters ebbed away on the tide,
No matter what my life is like…
I'm forever grateful that I never died!
I look back on this time in fear,
Yes, I am human after all,
And it terrified me so very much…
When I almost got that final call!
I didn't want to go to that other place,
For I have so much to live for,
I have a love so precious,
A love for a man I totally adore!
I had no intention of leaving him,
For with him by my side,
We are united as one, as we should be,
He is my life, my pride!
I have this strength inside me,
And sometimes I have to dig deep inside,
Eke it out and drag it to the fore,
Keep it there, and not let it slide…
…Slide away into oblivion,
For I need that strength of mine,
To go forward, onward and upward,
With a man, so good and fine!
So I wasn't going to the edge and over,
I just peeped to the other side of the wall,
And as you can see, I didn't die…
It wasn't my time to get the call!
For me there was no choice to be made,
For I have a life so good and fine,
No-one could ever have my heart,
It resides forever with him until the end of time!
You see, I have his love within my heart,
I have his strength at my side,
I have him totally and unconditionally,
I have him in my life, he is my pride!
I have something so very precious,
I have this man…a man I adore,
I have the most important thing in my life,
It is for him that all my love is for!
He is the air that I breathe, my rock,
I have an abundance of loving from him,
So I was staying right by his side,
I wasn't going to give in…
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