Ladder’s End

Walking a ladder

We track the same path

Never holding hands

Beginning at the same time

Eyes looked across and held

And feet stepped on.

Insanity makes distance

Seem so close

Almost touching becomes

Good enough.

I hear you inhale

As I step over each abyss

But we're both alone

Walking on the rails.

A world begins

The second you exhale

The dream of dancing partners

In a pause before the leap.

There you stand,

At ladder's end

I doubt the chasm 

What I've heard for years

Leaning into what lies ahead

I burn the ladder.

Perhaps we'll land together.