For Reference Purposes Only

it is what it is .. its also from my latest anthology Falling With Icarus & Other Words in Progress available via Amazon

For Reference Purposes Only

 

he moved like an acrobat

while she moved

    much like a ballerina might ..

maybe that’s why

they each fell in love with

someone else

  but still kept a few things ..

most specifically,

    the bars and the safety net ..

   although of course

    only for reference purposes  ..

 

 

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Relationships eh? They need to be balanced. You made me think of a song. He flys through the air, with the greatest of ease, that daring young man on the flying trapeze. We all need safety nets if we don’t want to end up a cropper:) Tight rope walking, meet in the middle. There’s a thought for all the risk takers out there. What with world politics and love, life is nothing but a circus act:) For Reference Purposes, is that a warning or an advertisement? Your poem made me dizzy Neville:)

Chris 💜

[Neville]

I near slipped off me pedestal .. bless you our Chris ..

Neville 💜

[Thomas W Case]

There’s a sly, knowing grit here—love tangled with caution, beauty measured in nets and bars.
I like how it dances lightly but lands with honesty, seeing both the longing and the self-protection in the same breath.

[Neville]

I couldn't possibly ask for anything more than that .. thanks tons Thomas .. Neville