Abyss

Standing
at abyss edge
I look back

across the wide plain
to distant hills
whence I came

no one of thousands
who were behind me
still stand

not even dust
of one
footprint
remains

looking right
only the distant
horizon

looking left
the same
scene

Below my feet
stretches immeasurable space
far below
its end
hidden in shade

Above me nothing
but empty sky

Standing
here
at chasm edge
a loan