1.
If it were only about balance
this would all be easier

When sadness got heavy
you would pour in more happy and

tada!

Instead seasons change
there is wind
and memory

2.
I notice on my bike sometimes
when cars stop short

a small tornado of leaves

It’s more like this

3.
Also though
you should know
if I were a leaf caught

I’d want you to be the biker
that noticed me

I’d want to be
in your care

4.
Tempest tempt me
to not believe in balance

Make me make believe
I am allowed to be lost

in the overwhelming whirlwind

5.
During the flag football game
children on the sideline stop and say

Look at those birds
They’re making a Y
They’re making a U
They’re making an F

Yo those birds are mad talented

And I think maybe
there is such a thing
as balance

6.
Throw your hands up over head
attempt the daily floor routine again

Give in to hope that it could be
worthwhile to rehearse

For a moment let yourself imagine
you will stick the landing

Do not live in time lapse averages
of all the times you fall

Allow yourself moments

Moments only
are we all