FINDING EQUILIBRIUM
Kaleena Cote

teeter totter obstacle
a connection that we've found
attempting to find balance
but afraid to hit the ground

when one of us feels steady
then the other shoots sky high
perhaps the truth is simple
but it's hard to explain why

and sometimes we get antsy
and we ponder parting ways
to let the other crash down
to the grass in a blurred daze

but then our eyes meet slowly
and the board we sit on halts
it all just comes together
and forgotten are our faults

truth is equilibrium
it's a struggle to achieve
and to make this seesaw stable
then we both have to believe

in each other, in ourselves
in the ability to grow
and once this is accomplished
then the rest we'll come to know