all these years
I have had a fear of heights.
but only if out in the open,
like on a roof.
and today,
I stood out on an angled
roof
clinging like a vine
onto the chimney
my heart audible
in my ears
hardly able to do
what I needed
to do
and I realized
my fear was not
that I would fall
but in that
distracting desire
to jump.
Rusty Truck 