by Marion Entz Harris

it wasn't a razor

it wasn't sharp

it did not cut

it does not hurt

I lost my edge.

it wasn't a flint

it wasn't a blade

it did not pierce

it does not slice

I lost my edge.

it wasn't a cliff

it wasn't high

it did not have a drop

it does not kill

I lost my edge.

What makes the Grand Canyon so massively awesome?

Does it not have many edges?

What makes the design on the vase beautiful?

Does it not have many edges?

I lost my edge.

It feels sad.

Snow drifts have edges, do they not?

Yet when the sun comes out and melts them, where do they go?

Under certain conditions

my edge gets lost.

I don't know how to make it come back.