know the ledge
that kisses your heels
as you fall with faith
and leave with certainty

that your last embrace
will not be of compassion,
but truth.

the things that are abstract
keep us further
from what is real
and now only represent
what will never be.

so let us fall
into mediocrity,

because the only truth,
at this point,
lies in success.

even when that road leads
to failure,
we only care if a champion
is standing at the end of it.