And another.
THE TRICK
The trick is
to let slip
the ladder
that brought you
climbing to this
point. Unknot it,
let it fall away.
Then reach up
through the half-
dark and flick
the latch and let
the shutter fall.
No route back
down to how
it never was;
no liar’s light
above on how
it’s never going
to be. Just
this moment,
then the next
and darkness
either side.
Like any trick
worth knowing,
it’s a lifetime
in the learning.