High Wire Tribe

 

Seeking balance

the performer of daring feats

keeps repositioning
using whatever she can grab
as a needed brake against gravity
which is the mortal enemy
of high wire acrobats
and flagrant exhibitionists
who foolishly insist
on performing without a net

in this safety first environment

And yet we secretly
admire their audacity

defying bland conventions

which keeps us voyeurs

forever grounded