Some like to sit on fences, admire the view in safety; <br />some are born hurdlers; . <br /> <br />draw a line, and some minds shrink back; <br />others can’t wait to compete, first over wins… <br /> <br />poets, said the sage, should always <br />walk on the edge of madness… <br /> <br />ah, remember when you were a child, <br />walking down the path one foot within, <br />one foot beyond? <br /> <br />‘a line of poetry’…every line, a line, <br />one foot beyond, one foot within – <br /> <br />prose, verse; rhymed, unrhymed; <br />metered, unmetered; actual, fantasy; <br /> <br />elevated, jokey; personal, impersonal; <br />tragic, comic; a road taken, or not taken.. <br /> <br />oh, so many lines <br />that others painted on the road – <br /> <br />dance down that road, <br />one foot beyond, one foot within..<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dancing-the-invisible-line/
