A Moment Of Balance

Poised on the sheer edge,
purposeful and tense, as though
this one act could be the significant
moment of a lifetime.
A point of perfect balance on the fulcrum
of the pure moment of concentration.

It's almost as though
all the ordinary events
which define the days of ordinary life:
birth, marriage, children, death,
have no more significance than the passing
of a cloud across the face of a day.

Maybe we should all
stand solemn, silent and still
like a diver, poised on the highest board
before we step forward
over the empty space of the future, for
those chances we take with our daily lives.

Give each potential
life-changing moment a pause,
before diving into the deep unknown
of a possible future.
Giving it all a greater significance
and some deep sense of graceful dignity.