Kevin Patrick Hodgkiss writes

Tip

Impervious notwithstanding

Ledge of land to call

Depths draw breath

To shrivel through respire

And an overwhelming desire

To fall

Battle of the gravities

Of balance and draw

Dangerous exhilaration

Tips and wavers

By jolt and awe

The space above

The space below

A tiny speckle in-between

Dangles in tangles

The sensation of

The sense of deep dream

Disturbed by a sudden snap of consciousness

To un-lean

Mind and might

Crash or flight

Or balance

And just

breathe.

 

 All in the Balance -- Alison Dunlop