Hi ho, hi ho...

Just at the edge,

My periphery

I feel me

Watching me

 

I smile

Like it's easy

I cry

Like it's difficult

 

Wherefore

Art thou

Equilibrium?

 

I love

The easy days

I love

The hard ones

 

Too

 

I'm just here

Hanging on

To the middle

Like it's my lifeline

Last night

I told my son

I wouldn't cry

I would be strong

Alas

My message

Was all wrong

There is great strength

In vulnerability.

And holding

The sadness of another

Is a gift

Of the heart

It's a type 

Of emotional art

I don't always know

Exactly why

I'm sad

 

But I know it's deep

Deep enough to drown me

If I hold too many tears

If I don't work through my fears

 

I do

Love the Spring though

It's like a mental unplugging

A thawing of my flow

And now

It's off to work I go