She loved me
because I walked
a tightrope.
Always quaking
on tipping tiptoes,
ignoring the crowd below
until she climbed up.
I said get me down
from here.
Silver scissors sparkled.
Her face was the last
thing I saw as I
plummeted
Down.
She loved me
because I walked
a tightrope.
Always quaking
on tipping tiptoes,
ignoring the crowd below
until she climbed up.
I said get me down
from here.
Silver scissors sparkled.
Her face was the last
thing I saw as I
plummeted
Down.
grudges are too hard to hold with these small hands
She used to drink me dry, now there’s only a drip left.
But I’m not busy, I’m lost.
“These are my treasures,” she called them.