one foot out
the other on its tiptoes
reminiscent of my ballerina days
neither here
nor there
the safety
pulling me in
the unknown
pushing me out
push
pull
push
pull
the dog barks
i turn around
engulf myself
in the safety
that i cannot yet leave
soon,
i tell the unknown
Sep 18, 2017
Sep 18, 2017 at 8:05 PM UTC
one foot out
the other on its tiptoes
reminiscent of my ballerina days
neither here
nor there
the safety
pulling me in
the unknown
pushing me out
push
pull
push
pull
the dog barks
i turn around
engulf myself
in the safety
that i cannot yet leave
soon,
i tell the unknown
written ~summer 2017
