It Was Just a Step

But New Year's Eve, we grew too bold. Stopped watching our

path. Thought the street was controlled. I turned to speak.

You turned to reply. I stumbled backwards. You pulled me from the side.

It was just a step. A half breath stumble in the dark.

If I'd held silent, if I'd watched the ground, if I'd...

The drop, it was just a step. Same route,

same shadowed night. The railing cracked, I caught myself. You fell into the streetlight.

No screech of breaks. No cry piercing the air. Just gravity claiming