Poised

The pen, poised over a virgin page

The brush, held before a ghostly stage

The story of time scratched upon an age

The portrait of form framed within a cage

 

Without committing

All futures are possible

Before submitting

All bridges are crossable

No mountain too steep

No canyon too deep

No target to shoot for unmissable

 

The diver, toe-clinging to her board

The sailor, on his boat, harbour-moored

The lancer, slow, unsheathing her sword

The merchant, slick, conjuring his hoard

 

Without committing

No masterpiece can exist

Without submitting

No legacy can persist

No creations are designed

No revelations untwined

No love story starts with a kiss

 

We straddle the dream and the real

We join up the hub and the wheel

We spark the big bang in the nothingness

We play the sleight hand of our bluffingness

 

Each second that we move to choice

A silent world is given voice

Each moment that we choose to act

A crazy wish becomes a fact

 

Wayne Visser © 2012

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