Walking On A Tightrope

• Caitlin Flecker, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2015

Life is like walking on a tightrope.
Once you get on, you can’t get off,
Once you take a step, you can’t go back,
Once you start, you can’t stop halfway,
But once you take your first step;
Everything will be okay.
Maybe the tightrope will wobble,
Maybe it will sway,
Maybe it will swing from side to side,
But even if it snapped between your feet
You try to keep your head high.
If you somehow fall off,
If you somehow fail,
If you somehow stumble halfway,
But even if you fall down hard;
You can take that step, and try again another day.