Edge of Heartbreak

Teetering, there upon the edge

Of some unseen cliff, I wonder

What might happen, if I take

Yet another step.  Would I free

Fall into this chasm, into what

Seems to be nothingness?  Or

Would I free fall into the arms

Of some unseen stranger, all

Too familiar… Dare I step?

My heart races at an unbearable

Speed!  Should I chance it, once

More and face the heartbreak that

Awaits me?  Uncertain am I, for

I’ve been hurt so many times before.

To be held, nothing more, dreams

Shared like before.  I guard myself,

My heart and my soul, to no avail.

Through my defenses thou hath

Crawled, I was unsuspecting to the last.

Yet, I walk the tight wire through life,
For what is life without taking chance?

(c) 2003 A Riddle