.
as long as you are here
you’re gonna to have to dare,
dear
there’s no other choice:
from the precipice of night
you’ve got to step off into air,
dear
as traffic whizzes by
at the freeway’s bitter edge
even coy and timid deer
dare
spending decades in a box
avoiding bumps and knocks
is just nowhere,
dear
the alternate is grief
time’s a heartless thief
don’t waste it in a chair,
dear
.
Jim Culleny
4/26/19
Blink 