Tight Rope

Her calloused feet balanced
        on hope and despair
             Her heart paper made
                     Rip and Tear
              Hanging by her chest rope
        Heart strings dangled
Tied up and twisted
      Knots tangled
           Tip toeing on a wire
                  with edges frayed
                       Unraveling the weave
                the braid she made
       Weak may be her reason
Strong be her twine
     A little slack may be in order
            Your noose not mine
                 Shes strung on a promise
           Like a pearl strung on a string
     Bound by the golden rope
of a wedding ring
    Her fibers are fine
           Her strength is in tweed
                 Everything on the line
           A tight rope indeed
    
     

Reviews

[Perkele.7885]

Life is not easy! A tight rope indeed but, not everyone is a tight rope walker!
Therein, lies the plight of the world. Not enough nets to catch the inept!

[Astro]

I like the wordplay here Keely Jane, the different aspects of rope, and the term 'tightrope' as well as the metaphors to 'entwine' your message about the perilous nature of some relationships(perhaps your own). A fine write with an interesting format.

[Mother Maggie]

Sometimes the tightrope is the path we've chosen

[Glen Yumang Manese]

The feel of this is...I guess is what you wanted the reader to see in the lines...and again the way you layout the words and the way you convey her on the tight rope...

[TL Boehm]

A little slack may be in order
Your noose not mine
a tight rope indeed. This is a great poem.

[Angi]

So many of us are tiptoeing on that line. I hope there are safety nets strung below. This was nicely penned, KJ. Angi~

[gombeggar]

nicely written and the words are staggered nicely in the visual fashion...often thymes that doesn't work for me to view...but I like it here

[Mark]

A tight rope indeed... well crafted metaphor!

[MoriartyMesa]

I do not think I could add any more than my learned readers. I liked this.

[Rita L. Sev]

Well done metaphor, and the form was clever.