When the Ground Gives Way

There comes a moment

when what once held us...

doesn't.

Not because we failed.

Because life changed.

A relationship.

A calling.

A role we built our days around.

We keep reaching for what used to give life,

believing that enough effort

can restore what has already shifted.

But not everything is meant

to be carried forever.

Some chapters end

long before we're ready

to admit they've ended.

So we stay.

Not because there is still life there.

Because there once was.

Perhaps the hardest part

isn't letting go.

It's accepting

that holding on

cannot bring something back

to what it used to be.

Maybe wisdom isn't found

in carrying more.

Maybe it's found

in recognizing

when it's time

to walk forward.

Sometimes the ground gives way...

not to destroy us,

but to loosen our grip

on what can no longer sustain us.