Delicate being.
Perched so fragile
in the lap of peril.
Tied to the tracks
by your own will.
Held in danger's way
by your own means.
Porcelain doll
standing in a hurricane.
Delicate flower
in the blizzard of winter.
Paper-thin ice
in a heat wave.
Defying the odds
of time
and of fate.
Supposed to break,
but only seeming to bend.