Trapeze

Trapeze                                                                                                       

This imperfect human love

and its accompanying grief

which my Lord has marked

as hypocritical and self-serving,

is, as my Lord well knows,

all I have, the best part of me

and though it invites suffering

I cannot let it go, knowing 

that motive would also be

hypocritical and self-serving.

I grip one bar of the trapeze

while trying to grasp the other

and end up crucified between the two

suspended far above the sawdust

not knowing which way to swing

daring not to let go of either.

O child of God, it is the duality of existence

that makes for every difficulty.

(drawing by Rich Panico)