A little pinch.

A little wince.

Keep breathing, keep breathing.

It flowed so freely…

But contained it now be.

The task completing,

The fear now fleeting.

A few drops just to see

Am I healthy?

Unafraid and beaming

No longer silently screaming

I rise from the seat where I rose to the occasion

Standing tall and strong, only to fall without vision

From blue to then red to now possibly dead

Wait, what was it that I said?

What’s in should stay in.

But I will do this again, and again.

Each time I’ll recall

My very first with a fall

The first was all nerves

The rest I’ll be ready for curves