Listen, It Happened

listen, it happened

didn't feel like you were hovering

above earth 

feeling so unlike an ordinary mortal? 

didn't you think it was the best thing 

ever?

but then you tumbled down

like an elephant atop a tree

as you nurse your hurt feelings, 

you wish you'd foreseen the crash

but you know, life has no navigation 

Listen, it happened 

when you find yourself in a destination 

not of your liking

isn't prudent to trace your steps back 

brave the underbrush 

make a way in unbeaten paths, 

brave hunger and thirst 

brace yourself to get lost in the 

makeshift jungle of regrets 

survive internal wars - 

monologues,

and finally, a solemn vow to oneself 

not to be gullible ever again 

listen, it happened, 

there is nothing you can do about it 

gazing at the ruins

long enough won't rebuild you 

stop, the ruins aren't even aesthetic 

it happened, brave the simple decision 

to walk away from your former self 

and be each other's eternal enemies