When you stumble do you fall
If threatened do you fade to nothing at all
Excess pressures cause collapse
Are you able to keep it all under wraps

Looking back you feel regret
Wishing it wasn’t over yet
Hoping for another chance
Or perhaps just that one last dance

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When you stumble you just laugh
If threatened you step in on others’ behalf
Excess pressures challenge you
You are full of serenity and virtue

Looking back you feel delight
Wishing for it to remain bright
Hoping that nothing changes
Or looking for more exchanges

Calm, tense, waiting
Not quite hating
Watching others stumble
Trying to be humble

Pressure, atmosphere
Trying to hear
Whispers getting louder
One starting to flounder

Compromise, peace
Conflict will cease
Lines drawn but never crossed
Settled by a riposte

A silent scream, the morning breaks
Inside it starts to ache
The blissful shadow fades away
And so begins another day

Many worlds are intertwined
Slowly becoming undefined
Edges blur, colours pale
A sorry end to any tale

No longer soaring nor climbing
Not acting, not miming
The curtains are being drawn
The epilogue of the dawn