Balance

Balance.
Balance, on the blank lines.
The bank lines,
along the river.

Balance from here
to Indiana
along the back roads
in the back loads
of cars.

Balance,
when you are running,
and nothing
will be able to pull you down.

Even though you are unstable,
balance as best you can,
for as long as you can,
'til all your limbs ache
and your lungs give up.

Balance.
I promise you,
it's worth it.