Balancing
I had written my last post as a free verse to make it seem more interesting, but I lost the vision of what I had intended. What had triggered my thought on climbing in the first place was watching Roland climb up the unstable ladder. It looks unstable leaning in mushy ground. He was fixing the porch light and connecting it to another stapling the cord in place. I was awed at his ability to look up. I tend to lose my balance quite easily – especially if I am looking up. I get dizzy when I am standing still on solid ground. I think if I were climb a ladder now and looked up I would fall. I have fallen at least twice because of whatever has made me dizzy. I fell in my bedroom before we were married. I don’t remember if I had even known Roland at the time. My former ...