My life is a ladder

Somedays

   my life is a ladder

         at a playground

             on a rainy day

                  metal rungs slick

                            grasping



and failing to gain purchase

            falling

                    down

                            down

                                    down



trying again and again

to gain purchase

      failing 

over and over

                     raindrops blurring my vision

eyes stinging

                   my heart breaking

Just like the clouds above my head