Balance

A softest voice
                        from somewhere within
                        my sleep bringing dreams
                        Perhaps it's my conscience
                        when smiling upon
                        a different day
                        or finding a penny
                        shined and cleaned
                        Umbrella for your thoughts
                        he asks
                        sun catching rays
                        of a lighter memory
                        my fingers wrapping
                        silk brown threads of summer
                        in circling motions of
                        intentional bliss
                        Just waiting for a kiss
                        she thinks sadly
                        Just waiting for the kiss
                        And the lips
                        hiding somewhere closeby
                        tremble and sigh
                        A new troubled desire
                        flickers on and off
                        like the lightswitch
                        on the invisible wall
                        Walk out into the world
                        he begins
                        But her steps
                        twice as cautious
                        three times as swift
                        Four times ahead...
                        have taken her further
                        than the world will allow...
                        Balance
                        she urges
                        trying to float
                        upon the notes
                        in one Last Song
                        plunging over the falls
                        swimming to escape
                        the rough peaks of water
                        Her left hand reaches up
                        high above her heart
                        and her right arm
                        remains numb at her side
                        Is she desperately
                        needing to be rescued
                        or is she simply trying
                        to fly home