By Ali
Date: 2007 Aug 25
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Balanced on Nothing

I wonder
if your words are meant for me—
funny, how close to the heart
of a stranger they seem,
and it’s just you
and me
and him—not really, but still…

I would laugh, if I weren’t so tired,
if I wasn’t so haphazardly undone:
I’m vibrant, like a lark
without its wings--
I’m at the end and the beginning,
both deceptively balanced
on nothing
but a pair of blue eyes.

Will he change?
I don’t know.  The question is,
will I?