Safety Net from Risking Love by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and Steve Law

Safety Net


This morning I woke
thinking of all the people I love
and all the people they love
and how big the net
of lovers. It felt so clear,
all those invisible ties
interwoven like silken threads
strong enough to make a mesh
that for thousands of years
has been woven and rewoven
to catch us all.
Sometimes we go on
as if we forget
about the net. Believing only
in the fall. But the net
is just as real. Every day,
with every small kindness,
with every generous act,
we strengthen the net. Notice,
even now, how
as the whole world
seems to be falling, it
is there for us as we
walk the day’s tightrope.
Notice how every tie matters.

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