I Stand Alone

I walk a tightrope

And I walk alone.

There is nowhere to go

And I am so far from home.

 

The tightrope is endless,

The end nowhere in sight.

I can walk no further

For the failing light.

 

I stand alone.

Without a guide or a friend.

I can smile no longer

For without a companion, I can’t pretend.

 

 

August 12, 1992