the edge of change

practicality and logical concern combined
form the territory,

firm and steady,
a stolid unyielding expanse,

and the edge,
where things change

like surf-lashed shore
or sun-pummeled rock,

is where we change
turning, then to now,

braving fear and pain
while building strength,

as we change
so then changes the edge,

the moment of truth,
the thin edge of existence. . .

1991