Climbing

 It's always a give and take. Sometimes we provide a lap,sometimes a lap is provided. Community.

When I read poetry

I climb into

The perspective of others

Rest in its arms

Snuggle in its lap

Sit at its feet

Content for a moment.

This is how someone else

Sees things.

I stay there

Awhile

Until it’s right

To venture forth;

Open my arms;

Sit down so my lap

Is available;

So even my feet

Are inviting;

I wait.

I write.