true to every word

the balloon
leaves my grip.
I sigh
in deep relief. the pressure
is off.
I let go
of the thin thread
that
held us together.
let what
wasn't real,
and never was,
fly away into
the clouds.
it was just a shiny
pink
balloon full of
air, nothing more,
nothing less.
off it goes. I follow
it with
my eyes until
it's gone, high
into the sky. i'll
stick now
to what is on
the ground. safe
and solid,
true to every word.