just lie there for awhile

it's not how you fall

but how

you get up,

he tells me, putting his

hand on my

shoulder.

but sometimes, i tell him,

you just want to lie

there for awhile

and stare up at the sky.

look at the clouds,

relax and absorb

the moment,

let the pain sink in.

know it

and remember it for the lesson

it will bring.