Tightrope
Published in
Sep 12, 2022
Raising our children
We walk a tightrope in the dark
Starting from
The baby is hollering:
He must be dying and
The baby has been quiet for too long:
He must be dead
We progress to
What will society make of our choices?
What will the children make of our choices
For them?
How will they manage without us?
It’s a jungle out there!
The lights come on
The tightrope is six inches off the ground
The children have stepped off
And are long gone
It is only ever
We who are bound by
The tightropes of our mind
