A QUESTION OF
BALANCE
Garnering
the thoughts
of others, he
fails
to find some of his own
-
he holds back tears to
show
he does not
share
the fears others
know.
He balances the cost of
feeling
against the
numbness
of blind fate. He
sighs
and calculates the
cost
of caring, avoids the
sharing
of any others
woe.
He always felt that
questions
would sustain his growth
-
he never claimed to
know.
He bought
himself
a ticket to
ride
then
found
he had no place to
go.
Malcolm Evison
19 November 2006