a meeting place/ poem by Laurence Carr

If you balance your steps
where sea meets shore, 
there’s a very real sense 
of walking a tightrope.
When you place your foot down, 
for the briefest of moments,
a thin line of ocean supports you.
Then, just as quickly, it disappears. 

But before it leaves, 
you have walked on water 
before returning to earth.

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Laurence Carr is a Hudson Valley writer. His books include: Strides: reflections on 6 acres; Paradise Loft; Threnodies, poems in remembrance; Pancake Hollow Primer and The Wytheport Tales. His poems have been published in Clerestory, Cloudbank; Fifty-Word Stories among others. Laurence is the publisher of Lightwood Magazine (Lightwoodpress.com)

Read his other writings and reviews here on Lightwood, too.