high wire

I am on a high wire
try to talk me down
I am staying up here
there's no need for solid ground
the wheels in my head
are spinning round and round
I do not like it up here
but there's no coming down

I am on high wire
I will stay up here
I have no fear of falling
I can always disappear
step one quarter-inch too far
and off the rope I go
not enough time to yell
"look out below!"

I am on a high wire
I dare you
calm me down
give me one good reason
why I should hang around
you witness me above your heads
with no net below
will I tumble to my death?
only time can know