HIGH-WIRE ARTIST

Poem about love and disappointment.

The heartbeat's too faint�"

I tried to skip

down the boardwalk path,

the corner of my carnival eye glossed,

where pinks and reds

bled into blue,

and a thin blade of sadness

sliced through the ocean waves.

I saw you drowning

in your carnival suit of cheap life.

Did you hear me call?

I shouted, "One more smile for life!"

But the pudding seas swallowed you whole.

Now I walk the high-wire,

this tightrope called falling life,

teetering between the sky

and the abyss below.

I felt the wind breathe

its quiet warning,

as the rope trembled beneath my feet,

each step a gamble

against the pull of gravity�"

yet the crowd cheers for the fall.

The sky grows dim;

night becomes my silent audience.

With each sway, I wonder�"

is it courage that keeps me walking,

or the fear of what waits

below the safety net?

:: 09.14.2024 ::