Wants and Needs

Finding the balance,
weighing my wants and needs,
against family and friend's wants and needs,
is not so much a scale,
as a high wire act;
sometimes performing
with a safety net,
other times,
feeling the wind
whip around me,
as I look below
and see the net
has vanished.

Fearing free fall,
I drop to my knees,
clinging,
like a cat with claws,
until the wind dies down
and then,
I can carry on.

Reviews

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Oh yes how I know these feelings well... very nicely done.

[Pax]

I think finding the balance of all the things we do is hard but we do our best for us and the people around us.... a downfal is how we learn and then like last sentnce we can carry on...Great work!

[Coyote Poetry]

Hard to decide what we must do. Sometime we must stop and figure what is really important. I like the thoughts in the poem and the logical ending. I believe we must do the best we can. Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote