I saw an acrobat 
once who truly
defied gravity
Suspended by wires
he leapt, hung
motionless against
the backlit sky

the stream falls
by gravity, twists and soars
like salmon
Which drop is suspended
like rain, poised motionless
or like juggling,
a succession, each
taking a final bow

Down the laneway
by the bridge,
the water falling
in streams,
it was like that
you and me
under the branches,
suspended by wires
poised motionless
against the breathless sky
ready to leap