TIGHTROPE (IP)

In matters acrobatic

Sue was a true fanatic.

She loved to stretch and run and jump

It really gave her Dad the hump –

So she thought she’d live the old cliché’

Join the circus, run away,

Find fame and fortune, and romance;

Eat fire, ride horses, learn to dance!

So now she’s happy in a trailer –

And still her Dad says she’s a failure.

But seeing the smiles on the face of the crowd,

Unobserved, Sue’s Mum is proud

Of what her daughter has achieved –

For who would ever have believed

That sparkling figure soaring high

Was once so plain and quiet and shy?

She left right after Susie’s act;

Knew how her husband would react

If he thought she’d seen their girl again!

Still, it was worth any pain

To see her beaming full of hope

While she daily walked her own tightrope.