Precipice

I'm on the edge
Of a cliff
Or a bridge
Or the roof of a five story apartment building
Gazing
At a river
Or a parking lot
Or the top of a tree
Talking to myself
About basketball
Or where I've been
Or a book I've just read
Wondering
What's next
Or just happened
Or isn't ever going to
I know
I won't jump
Or stumble
Or howl at the full moon like a horny old wolf
I might walk
To a bar
Or a theater
Or a field of daisies
And watch the sun
Rise
Or fall
Or just hang like a great big ball
I can't
Catch
Or throw
Or hit over a fence
That might represent
The border between was and is
Or a long line of things I almost did
Or something I never want to do again