Floating on swollen feet
Walking a path along parallel exact invert canyons
clinging to life by toes on a continuous narrow ledge
opposing canyon wall grows near at times mirrored
allowing the slightest touch from a stranger on adjacent wall to support
Worth the risk to reach out in the vertigo of the moment
at time walls almost colliding
allowing an embrace of safety
yet the crevasse bellow pulls to the unknown
In the chance for lasting embrace the greater reward
greater than the risk of the fall
worth the known temporary surety
imagined in dreams
Dreams two dimensional
dreams an internal deception
Dreams of those willing to chance
loose perception of reality, what is trusted
and if not oneself, who?
among the multitudes of stranger/friends
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“embrace the greater reward/greater than the risk of the fall”— thanks for reminding us of the necessity of risk with this lovely, winding poem.
I get dizzy just imagining that ledge! Enjoyed your words and the message.
report from Spain
feeling the emotion
of facing death
with strangers & dreams
so good I’m going to read it
to Jennifer right now