On the Edge

The dulled grayish white of the sand
In the barely there moonlight
Ending in utter blackness
 
Threatening nothingness
Roaring in the shadows
Screaming stay away
At the same time taunting one
to come a little nearer
 
To walk to the edge
And look over
To dare to stand at the very
end of existence
And look into the void
 
It’s here you and I meet
As the world sleeps
And hides
Here in the almost complete darkness
 
On the brink
 
Where the known ends
And the abyss begins
All too aware of how from the moment of birth
We are hurtling toward this cliff
This death
This ceasing to be
 
And here we play on the threshold
Half daring the other to jump
Half holding the other back
 
On the razors edge
 
You and I
Dance
You and I dare
to
 
be
 
Given only this moment
Of eternity
Too aware
It’s all about to be
lost