another week

sometimes a thick rope snaps

for no apparent reason

maybe it was just old

another time a thread too thin to support life

has some amazing substance in it

and refuses to break

so the load dangles precariously

it cannot stay there

anxiety grows all around

as does incredulity

how thin can the thread fray?

it seems not one more bit is possible

but it is

and it does

and so ends another day