'Knife Edge' Poem by Trevor Valentine

'Knife Edge'
by Valentine

The tear glistens
The rain listens
The thunder abates
Perplexed

The rose petal
Looks down at the thorn
Quite forlorn and
Perplexed

The waves break
Against the harbour wall
And then recoil
Perplexed

The soft feathers spread
As the eagle swoops
But the talons withdraw
Perplexed

The soft hand clenches
A fist appears
In a velvet glove
Perplexed

The bee stings
As a last resort
And dies
Perplexed

Fight, flight, kill and care
Nature on a knife edge
Paradox in proximity
Perplexing...