And then we get back up again

I never believed

I could fly

although I tried

as a child

over and over again

climbing trees

finding the perfect branch

at the highest point

scoping the surroundings

for any barriers

and jump

wanting to believe

that belief itself

might grow me wings

until one day

I realized

it wasn't in the climbing

or the perfect height

for the perfect flight

It was in the falling

and with all the climbing

and positioning

and scoping out of things

that life really is

that we all fall down.