that pierced your heel;
you stumbled,
and from that moment on
you began to falter.
One mistake.
Two.
Three.
And another.
You recognized the feeling
and, before falling,
steadied yourself.
You remain standing,
put weight on it,
but the pain flares up.
You refuse, you try,
and you go down again.
This mistake was not just any mistake.
Crack.