The Edge
( Trigger Warnings are important to me, please do not read if you do not want to read about the following: loss of a loved one and suicidal ideation) The Edge I remember seeing the Facebook post and my heart immediately sinking down into my feet. It was the feeling your stomach makes when you plunge down a rollercoaster, heartbreak. I quietly left the house and said my goodbyes. I was so stunned and full of emptiness, I couldn’t even cry. I just got into my car and drove. I wasn’t sure where I was going, anywhere, just away. I ended up at an outlook over a nearby lake. It was early morning, and the mist was lingering through the tops of the trees. I got out of my car and walked down the pathway, I got to the bottom of the outlook and stood at the fence line. Below the trees the lake water remained eerily silent as the fog danced around without sunlight. The tears began streaming as I stood closer to the fence and the edge of the outlook. How could this be happening to me? I had alrea