Varsha R. // THE EIFFEL TOWER

Take the elevator
And reach the top,
Where the view lays sprawled
Before you.

Walk to the edge,
To the very, very edge.

Lean over,
And have a frightening
Thought,
One that you never
Expected to have.

I could jump.
Right now, I could jump.

Now hope to God
You ́re not crazy
To feel that way.

You ́re not.

The french have a saying for it.
L ́appel du vide.
The call of the void.

It beckons
For your body to
Take control.

But something jerks you back.
It’s your mind.

What a twisted way
To let you know you are
Grateful for the view.