Luis Gil de la Puente - (2) Trapeze

Your life is in my hands.
I will make you fly.
I will learn to let go,
I will feel your fear
and your joy.

I will let rats rot
to become a bird.

How to explain
I am nothing
when I get down
from the trapeze.

Luis Gil de la Puente

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