Living at the Bottom of a Hole

It happened
I tripped
I slipped
I tried to grab the edge, but I missed
And now I'm falling
Down, down, down…
How deep does this hole go?
It's so dark
So deep!
How long can I keep plummeting like this?
Out of control
Finally
This is it
Why didn't that kill me?
Why am I still here?
Thrashing
Clawing with my fingernails
Starting to dig deeper
Wait
What am I doing?
I just need to lie still
It isn't complete darkness down here
I can see a light a million miles up above
I… I could climb back up to it
I could slowly climb these walls
Inch by grueling inch
It would take a long, long time
But I could do it eventually
But why?
Just so I could fall back down here again?
No
I'm going to stay down here
I can't fall anymore, and I'm not going to change that
I can just live down here
By the light from above I can see
And create
And exist
And I don't have to worry anymore
As long as I stay down here
Living at the bottom of a hole