Stability

Slam Poetry
it is wrought with emotion and fine lines full of fantastical fond-lings of words
Yet, what I think of, need more than that-
Is stability.
When someone asks me
do you think person Y is good looking
My reaction: No.

Yes makes the tenuous stability of my life
fall down to the ground
shredded into pieces I cannot pick up.

The truth is
I think person Y is attractive
Off limits-
because of the certain connections.
the fact is that if things fall apart

I am left knowing-
blood is thicker than water
and I cannot chance that water turning sour.

When asked the question I say-
No.