THE TIGHT ROPE

How much room

is there really

on the rope?

If you walk it

like a grievance

then there is only

room for you

and the injury

you carry.

You may make

the crossing

but you will

end up

on other side

alone.

Why not find 

a better partner

than misery

to join you on the jaunt,

to make the passage more

like a high-wire dance?

And why not let

forgiveness be

the tenuous ground

you are traversing?

It just may add 

more pluck and grace

to your step

and make you 

less likely to fall

for gravity's 
dizzying sway.