Line Strolling
by Genevieve Petty

I am strolling carefully
The line I see between
Convention and deviance
Their values and my own

I am strolling carefully
Upon this line you see
For I must seem to stand at one side
When in truth I walk upon the other

So I am strolling carefully
Along the line between
Stepping to one side at times
Or lip-servicing the other

And I'll keep strolling carefully
The line I see between
For lack of courage keeps me here
Straddling this line between