abyss

Earlier today I was standing at the edge of an abyss with no idea whether to step off or not.

I've just seen a rope bridge that stretches into the distance. It isn't particularly well made. The handrails look like they might give out and many of the planks look dodgy as hell but it is a path across.

I'm not certain that if I step onto it I will ever reach the other side to the prize that awaits there. I don't even know what the prize looks like or if there even is a prize but the alternative is too scary to contemplate.

It's not going to be a smooth journey but fuck me I'm going to try my hardest to get all the way across. The bridge may rock and buck, the planks may break under my feet, it may even collapse while I'm trying but not trying is not an option.

If I fall into the hole during the journey then at least I tried rather than turning tail and giving up. I've given up too many times before but not this time. There is too much at stake.