Caution: Falling Boulder!

By definition, detached--
Feeling no longer a part
Of what had held it before,
Nothing binding it anymore,
Only momentary incidents
Of impact these days.

A falling boulder.

Some would call this Free Fall
A cosmic inspiration of Hope;
Misguidedly waving as the weighty
Mass succumbs to Gravity.
There is only a hard surface
Awaiting to Break the Fall.

Someone needs to warn them.

Far below, they idealistically
Celebrate what they deem to be
An intellectual phenomenon.
A band plays, someone blows a
Trump and another cries in glee.
Fair maidens dance in Time.

But this rock is worn.

They cannot see the deep crevices
Or the scars of impacts made long ago;
They cannot imagine the density
Of this rock which has fallen,
Finally, after long years of foggy
Contemplations on a mountain top.

This rock is large.

She's no pebble, this one;
Rather a planet of swirling,
Unnamed disappointments;
There is no combination of words
To describe what lies within
Her damaged surface.

Alas, the hard earth at last.


Boulder: A detached and rounded or worn rock, especially a large one (dictionary.com)