As I jump from my high platform

I sail thru the air quite forlorn

Feeling a breeze rush past my cheeks

And as I stretch my arms to the peaks

Of my feet, as I connect in a tight ball

I remember my life as it was before all

And as I flip in circles as times before

I stare high at the heavens and much more

For I know as I see up and then look down

There are moments when I did not frown

Like the moment it was placed around my neck

I beamed so as I knew they'd not take it back

But in all the times which have been since

In which I've tried to live up to that day 

                              I was a prince

I have found myself wandering so far from it

That now I wonder will I ever be quite so fit



And as I turn the last loop now and straighten

I look down for the first time and am misshapen

For the heavens I looked up to as I stretched out

Will now welcome me heartily as I turn about

For the waters I did just dive deep into from above

Are not underneath me - I now realize, as I shove

My weight up high to try and lessen the impact

But it does me no good, as I feel the bones crack



And as I lay hear all writhing and so in pain

I cry out for just one to hear me, and see me sane

 

- Tristram