Just Once

[GliderGuider]

8. A short ballad...

The Ballad of K and B

Thundering hoof beats drown all thought.
Standing on the brink of the abyss,
Peering down into the shrouding cloud,
We recognize the moment.

I feel pretty butch as I watch the sun dance in your eyes,
A rising dawn of full surrender.
Behind us the Four Horsemen of Circumstance converge,
Constrict our world, pare our choices to the bone.
Ahead of us is only open air and unplumbed depth –
A future veiled in impenetrable mist.

We turn toward each other and everything comes clear.
Eyes meet, hands join, intentions merge,
Yin and yang unite, the circle is complete.
Wordless and ineluctable, our choice is made.

Opening up to fate, just two short steps –
Crunch of boots on gravel and then the soundless plunge.

Suspended in the instant, I drink the freedom in your eyes
And watch in awe the miracle of grace unfold.
The rush of wind grows distant.
Hand in hand, heart to heart,
First tumbling, now soaring,
Two rapt raptors locked eye to eye and wing to wing.

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcons hear the falconer,
And the center holds at last.