circus

climb up the rope; let
the silk pull
the weight of your
heavy heart up,
up, upupup and
away, into the sky, into
something that's not you,
even just for
a little while; make
shapes out of the
setbacks, lines
out of the love, and
smile simply, knowing
that the clouds are
that much closer
to your fingertips...
fight the gravity,
defy the convention,
blur the boundary
of rational comprehension
and just hang, just
let the reason
fall away and shatter
on the floor.
the lights will drop,
the music will fade,
the applause,it stops
as you are on top
of the ring. alone,
and quiet, as
you'll ever be.

k.