the aerialists

I love how much you care, and
I've seen this all before, and
I know you dare, you will dare all
I sit here, wincing - dread the fall
as you go through your high-wire act
you dance your partner through
dead-weight

I've seen how this act ends, before
but never from
someone so great
at making it believable

that I suspend my disbelief
and pray to God (we know not of)
that you will death-defy it, please! - not come to grief!
- but carry through, with one true love
intact for life

you fling yourself
into the fear

my heart takes flight -
I can't take more!
of this: I close
my eyes,

and

wait to hear