fell - in a perspective, a past tense + an involuntary movement
The reasons are simple; because once you realised, it's already too late, therefore the past tense. It is also not something you would do intentionally (unless you're that sadistic to feel that you need to stay true to Alicia Key's song, Fallin').
That is why fell, but not fall.
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Life lessons are learnt throughout the course of time. They are told and unfold as time goes. They name it "history" for a reason and someone played with this word by separating it into two; "his story" (pardon the gender biasness).
Path after path are laid in front of you as you course through the journey of life, chasing your dreams and ambitions. But which is the right one?
The one on the left leads you to a rainbow.
The one on the right leads you to an open field which stretches as far as the eye can see.
The one in the middle leads you to a pot of an endless supply of gold.
I chose the gold. My two other mates who insisted we went on different paths took up the other two.
When our paths crossed once again, we were all changed people.
The path with the rainbow ended with a small waterfall in which a river continued flowing downstream - and the person had to learn how to swim in order to move further. An extra lesson is learnt by taking this path - a simple swimming lesson which will definitely be put into good use in the future.
The path with the open field did not have an end; the person who chose that path was lost. That forced him to look upon the stars at night to determine his bearings to move beyond this field. Another lesson is learnt - by looking for ways of not getting lost in the vast world that is sometimes beyond one's expectation and imagination.
My path almost blinded me - the sheer magnitude of it was way beyond what one would've foreseen. But as like the other two, the path also came with a twist - it was leprechaun's gold, which bears no value beyond the point it is found. And the words of a leprechaun can never be truly taken into account for its truthfulness.
Another lesson here - in being consciously aware and being able to differentiate between truth and lies.
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Every path teaches a person a life lesson - although taking a different path altogether, each have acquired something they have not expected initially when choosing their destination.
That is why it is called "his story" - as each person tells you theirs, you listen, you learn and you add it to your own.
You can rewind, you can reverse time - but if you have chosen a different path, where would that path take you? How different could you predict the "could've been"?
You wouldn't have known the story of the other two if they weren't the ones who told you about it =)
Look back to reminisce, but always look forward - because constantly turning your head around would cause your neck to sore.
Look back to learn, but never to regret - because regretting would only tell you what might've been; but learning, it will tell you what the future could turn out to be.
