Run away

It's a step away, just a step,
Standing on the edge, the edge of what feels like forever,
Looking at those eyes, so close, so distant.
A flicker, a flash..and your world could fall apart,
Would you take the chance?
Would you hold your hand out and risk the fall?
Behind you lies the distance, the distance your heart traveled,
The distance you never thought you'd go,
The length of which you would never travel,
But you did.
Just this once, you took that chance,
And this is what it comes down to - the plunge.
Those eyes, those daggers you fear, those chains that hold you there,
They ignite the light in you, they gave you the strength to get by the distance,
They were the reason you would have, you should have, turned away,
And the reason you didn't.
Looking up, you measure the depth of the fall into those eyes,
And you take the step into forever,
To be scarred. Forever.