AS IF TO DIVE

On a fifteen story ledge

barely dusk, deep autumn

warm as brandy

an orange sky

clouds like breaths

like white birds

like seagulls from the sea

Our toes line up

against the ledge

so it seems like

we might fall

but we don't fall

we don't fall

we smile and raise our arms

as if to dive, as if to dive

it's faith

People walking sideways

with shopping bags

and knapsacks

look like candy corn

baby carriages

matchbox cars

an accordion

that's a piano

We view the scene

together

with serpent eyes

and devil hearts

but we don't fall

we don't fall

we laugh

and raise our hands

as if to glide, as if to glide

it's faith

We trust

we have good balance

with faith in fate unknown

we hope we'll see tomorrow

in this echo of the dawn