Tight Rope

Dangling mid-air
Tenaciously clinging to a fraying lifeline
Helplessly watching
Each strand slowly give way

It won’t be long now

The rope is going to snap
I know this
Yet, I clutch all the tighter
Denying the inevitable

Nightmares engulf me
Fear strangles my breath
It’s coming, that terrifying plummet
Into a fathomless abyss.

It’s happening….

Startled, I land softly
On firm ground rising to greet me
Mere inches from my swinging feet
Perplexed, I wonder

Why was I so afraid?