See-Saw

See-sawed on life’s balance
With cooling beliefs
I recall,

Tentative exploring of mind and soul
As scales dip and up down -
Measures of bliss immeasurable.
That feeling of a heart’s belonging –
No questions asked.
Safe from all giddying falls.

Then suddenly heights
Plunge
Rushing down to encounter
Numbing
Pain
Which all but numbs
And all entreaties yield
A heart
Torn out
And left to sail on
Fancy’s see-saw

11th Sept. ’04
8.54 pm