A Mistake

A Mistake

She realized she had messed up.

The floor disappeared beneath her feet-

like an elevator cable snapping.

Arms flapping

as she fell.

Too late to tell

where she might land-

hopefully in a soft pile of sand

instead of man-made concrete.

Break her feet,

crumple into a pile,

all the while

biting back the torment

from an affliction

with an edge of distinction-

sharp and exact.