Downhill Fall Poem by Jessica Penner

She turned a little,
then started to slip…
and slide…
d
o
w
n
h
i
l
l,
till finally she started to fall
down
down
down
She landed hard.
harder than she thought she would.
hard enough to hurt.
She just sat for awhile
thinking…
thinking...
thinking…
What had she done wrong?
Where had she started to slip?
Why couldn't she have straightened herself out?
Who had all watched her fall?
And why did it hurt so much?

Then she started to realize
that she had done something wrong
just a little thing
but that had led to another
and another…
till she was barely staying up
She hadn't noticed how close she was to falling…
till she fell.

Why hadn't anyone told her?
Why hadn't they helped?
Why did they just watch?
Suddenly she remembered…
They HAD tried to tell her
They HAD tried to help
They HAD cared.

But she hadn't listened…
And now she was hurting…
hurting so badly she didn't know if she had courage to get up
she didn't know if she could try again
But then a friend came along and encouraged her
told her to get up
told her to try again
told her that she could do it
So she got up
she tried
but she was shaky
and she was scared
scared she would fall again.
But her friend stayed beside her all the way
Slowly…
Slowly…
Slowly…
her confidence rose
She started having fun again
She started to laugh
She started to sing!
And she realized that she was doing better!
much better.
But she also realized that she needed her friend
to help her along
to keep encouraging her
to help her stay up

Sometimes we do just a little thing wrong
But that little thing gets bigger
and bigger
and bigger
till we think it's too hard to deal with
So we just go on with life
blindly
slipping
sliding,
For sometimes we get so busy we forget to talk to our Friend
we get caught up in everyday life
and our spiritual life starts sliding
d
o
w
n
h
i
l
l,
till we finally fall
We end up hurting ourselves
losing our courage
and afraid to go on

But we have a Friend who can help us
who will stay beside us
who cares for us
who loves us
He's always there waiting
waiting for us to hold His hand
waiting for us to ask for help
For He's the only One that will give you life
the only One that will put a song in your heart
and a smile on your face.