If I slip will you lift me up

Or will you call me clumsy

Watch where you are going

Pay attention to details

You should have known better

Slipping and sliding on snow and ice

Fall down on grass, tripped over a pebble

Sliding on floors, stumbling down stairs

Tightening my grip on the handle bars

If I slide, who will stop my slip

If I stumble will I fall on my face

Or will I be quick to arrest my fall

If I fall will I be bruised inside and out

Ashamed and embarrassed, lost and hurt

Feeling the sting of despair and resentment

Stumble upon an obstacle in the dark

Slip on a toy cause I wasn’t looking

Fall down a ladder, it wasn’t secure

Mumbling and stumbling, I forgot

Stumbling and slipping I fall down

If I fall will you pick me up

Dust me off and say its okay

If I fall, I will get up, and shake it off

I will be wiser, stronger, better,

I am fine, I am not hurt, it was nothing

If I slip it’s because I’m flesh and bones

If I hurt it’s because I can feel

If I get up its because I can

Or because you gave me your hand

If you don’t see that, it’s cause you’re blind.