High Beam Vertigo
To Ruth Nash
That feeling you’ll fall
Not on accident
Because of a longing
To lean right into gravity’s grasp
Not because you want to fall
Not because you’re afraid you’ll fall
Because you’re afraid you want to fall
Your only weapon against it is confidence.
You’re way up high and not coming down
Until you know
That when you jump
You’ll stick it
Arms in the air
With the smirkiest grin on your face.
(2015)
