After training for almost two years now and beginning to work in my first aerial act, I fell from my silks and hurt my shoulder today. There is a strange sadness that came with the fall. It was just for getting comfortable and not paying enough attention. I had never fallen or gotten injured before. My body spun around faster that I though it would, pushing my left arm painfully back and leaving only my right hand to hold myself. The speed and the pain didn’t allow me to hold my self and I went down 9’ crashing into the mat. It was definitely a safety wakeup call.