When you trip,
do you fall?
Do you stumble,
and then regain composure?

Sometimes one,
sometimes the other?

Never knowing whether this time
you'll hit the ground ...

So you brace for the fall.

And the times you hit the floor
you chastise yourself for not hanging on,

and the times you regain composure
and stop yourself from falling,

the times you stumble but still hold on,

do you chastise yourself for tripping in the first place ...

Or is that just when I trip?