Abysses

Abysses 

I live between two abysses

         The staggering patience

  of him who walks far too long

            to lean on the rail of a footbridge

            ―my only afternoon ceremony―

            to watch the waters roll by

            And the enormous impatience

            of him who wants to reach

  the end zone at all costs

            but only sees the size

   of his insomnia

            and jumps off the bridge

          into your bosom