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Equilibrium

© Nicholas Vosper 2003

I could fall from this place,
be dashed upon rocks
I cannot see. Nevertheless
I know they are there.

I could beat a hasty retreat,
step back from the brink
and nullify the danger
there is in simply being here.

Yet I do not move,
taking pleasure in the high
that adrenalin creates,
tempting fate and probability.

This precipice is shrouded
my view forward is obscured.
There is no lighthouse to warn
no guide rope to lead the way.

Common sense dictates
I should withdraw, feel my way
back from whence I came,
but the heights exhilarate me so.

For now I will stay, allow myself
to be buffeted until the gale
casts me down either way,
or the clouds are scattered

and the landscape appears
before me. I will stand and bathe
in the glory of the moment.
Let the elements decide.