(poem) The Tightrope


Jealousy is a tightrope
the girl steps along
step
   by step
      by hard step
The steady descent 
into insanity
She’s up on the high wire
a hundred feet high
That’s where jealousy lurks
    that nerve in the brain
       confident in what it believes YOU deserve
           graceful in the one-way line it stalks across
Slow and steady
but shaking
Trying not to tumble
Shaking feet above the ground
only the large net near the bottom to
catch the fall
Arms out, one step at a time
     the fear of losing them attacks
         the brain
             the shaking feet, the frozen lungs
                 the rapid heart
The best circus performer
gets the prize they seek
             the special boy
                  the parent’s love
                       the instructor’s praise
It’s daring
to stay on the tightrope
You must know balance
     patience
            the grace to know when to face the net
Can you teach me how to perform?


*2013- Bailey C. Writing

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