Relationships are tricky, no doubt about it. We struggle, at
least I do, to keep stress out of relationships with friends and family.
It doesn’t always work, but I keep on trying to avoid the
pitfalls, focus on the pluses, and enjoy the people.
THE CUTTING EDGE 
turn your head until sunlight
cuts the edge of sight
without burning –
easy to gauge
not like love
where, if you shift too far
ice cracks under your feet –
too far the other way
and powder snow
suffocates the self
the secret is to find
the angle of tilt
and hold it
balanced on light
first published in Ink Sweat and Tears
1960willowtree 