See-Saw Poem by Fasika Ayalew

See saw see saw
At times high at times low
At times down at times up
At times full at times sapped
See saw

At times I shrivel to irrelevance
At times the to is my stance
See saw…see saw

When undermined, feeling empty
Seated bottom this world I see
I wait my turn staying so low
Till I am raised up in the see saw

Against the ground I push my feet
Into the air my end to lift
High in the world excitedly I soar
When I am on top of the see saw

At times I am up, at times I am down
Sometimes I smile, sometimes I frown
Sometimes I give up, sometimes I am eager
Sometimes I take part in sometimes I’m a bystander
In this game of see saw emotions play
Seated at the far end,
Pivoted at the center lies this world
See- saw