Knife's Edge

"I'm teetering on a knife's edge between sorrow and happiness." Quote- by Constance ___________________ ever since I can remember ... my life has been ... lived on the edge of a knife between grief and sorrow, love and happiness the emotions mingle in my soul to collide in the corridors of my mind ~ often I am floating on waves of grief and I come crashing down into the ravaged garden that is my reality ~ there of have been times of deep love and happiness and I have known joy but death has come slithering and taken it- for what is written by God cannot be changed ... ~ o, storms shake the ocean of my sleep and in dreams I am lost in a sea of grey stones where the shadows of my life dwell ~ but, I have made peace with the knife and drink from the cup of deep blue sky now, I find sweetness in the dregs of yesterday and though my life is still weather-stained I set sail for my true north ... each new day where hope shines ... like a pebble in the gloom and gentle winds are always blowing ... ~ yes, there are days when I teeter on the knife's edge and there are days when I must ... change direction but, I have found my tranquility and serenity and that has made... all the difference ~ ______________________ May 26, 2021 Poetry/Free Verse/Knife's Edge Copyright Protected, ID 05-1358-225-26 All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France Written for the contest, This or That, Vol 6(Title Chosen- Knife's Edge) sponsor, Edward Ibeh, Judged 06/18/2021 Second Place