Out for a little stroll.

A fault-line foot funambulist

Should consider seizing stability

By avoiding lofty skyscrapers

On fluctuating soil.

He knows that risky real estate

Can palpitate and fluctuate

From bouncing ball tectonic plates

Where streetlights 

lurch and lean.

Whitewashed walls 

stretch overwrought;

Vehicles veer 

their charted course

And 'knit one, pearl two' plans are lost 

when rubble rains the sky.

But a saint of slide-shoe gravity

Won't always harmonize and heed.

He's apt to be out above the ground

ready for a little stroll.

Author's Note

In 1974, daredevil Philippe Petit walked across a wire spanned across the top of the world trade center in New York City. I've been reading about earthquakes and wondered if he would care if one happened during his walk. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tynHJqQfXMQ

Reviews

[Jolan H]

Damn if I didn't read this just to see if the dude fell, glad he made it. You really get the sense he is barely hanging on

[Relic]

Thanks for reading, Ronin.

[Jolan H]

No worries dude you are gifted and I like poetry

[Relic]

Thanks very much.

[lua]

more than anything, i find the inspiration for this piece really intriguing and love how you used your words to enter the situation and the thoughts of this person

[Relic]

Thanks very much, lua.

[taylor]

That writing was so beautiful and phenomenal I got shivers. Those metaphors were so magnificent.

[Relic]

Thanks very much, Taylor.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i like this....yes, just a little walk on a high wire....ha ha...

i like how you told a story with poetic alliteration and really strong imagery.
j.

[Relic]

Thanks very much, Jacob.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

'Out for little walk'
Relic,
Brave to live, to push forward..high winds when one foot in front of the other-Not knowing, no guarantee. To fail, to not, to cry, to ache..what will it be. This is life..it can be for anyone willing to step out on the wire.
The music, the author's note was very welcome. A nice bit of cultural history lesson.
Thanks
Blessings,
Kathy

[Relic]

Thanks very much, Kathy.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

You are so welcome. This was a writing with context threaded through with sadness of 9/11 but it was softened with the high wire walker.

[Relic]

I thought about that when I picked the video.

[Coyote Poetry]

I remember this. A long time ago. Also New York city. Hidden winds and a long way to fall. Many people love to test life. Philippe did. Thank you my friend for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Relic]

I too remember it, Coyote. Thank you for reading.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome my friend.