The Self Procedure: Test One.

The Self Procedure: Test One.
Mason Jacobs

Throw yourself into the ocean.
                                                                                 I Can’t
Do it.
Make yourself one upon many
Who use it.
                                                                                     No.
Throw yourself into the water,
And pretend
That you aren’t drowning,
Stay afloat
And if you sink,
                                                                                I Would.
Sink quickly.
For if you have time to think
Of the water
Piling above your head,
                                                                    I’m Thinking it Now.
You might
Want to stay home for ever.
                                                                                 Please?

Jump off the tall Bridge, It’s
Falling apart
While you hesitate.
Look along the edges,
Endless people
Lined up on the rails
Looking down.
All of them knowing they must
Do the same.
Fall to the water and test
Their Own strength,
                                                                        I am not strong.
For the tall bridge can’t hold them
Up forever.

Look at them jumping,
Friend and foe,
Watch them grow younger
As they Fall,
Newer, and cleaner.
                                                            No! they Grow weaker, Older.
Don’t hesitate,
Join your family, they are
Waiting for you.
                                                                          They are Dead!
The bridge is collapsing, People are
Dying.
                                                                       I must Save Them!
Hurry before there is no
Turning back,
Hurry, Jump, and live a while longer.
Save yourself.
                                                                                     NO.
No?
                                                                           No. I cannot.
                                                  I cannot save myself while others die.
                                                                        There is nothing
                                                                      Else for me below.
                                                                                 Up Here
                                                                       Is my only future
                                                                                   I die
                                                                         With them, or I
                                                                              Save them.
But you Must Save Yourself!
                                                             No, that is what you think.
                                                                                I cannot
                                                               Be saved if others cannot
                                                                         Be saved By me.


      *You Have Completed Test One. You May Exit The Bridge. Best Of Luck To You*