The sense of
danger
must
not disappear:
The
way is
certainly both short

and steep, However
gradual          it looks
from here; Look if you
like, but         you will have
to leap.          Tough-minded
men get             mushy in their

sleep And break the by-laws any
fool can keep;               It is not the
convention but              the fear That
has a tendency to disappear.The
worried
efforts of
the busy
heap,The
dirt, the

im
pr
ec
ision,
and the beer

Produce a few smart wise
cracke every         year; Laugh if
you can, but you will have to leap.

The clothes that are considered right
to wear Will not             be either sensible
or cheap, So long as    we consent to live

like sheep And            never mention those
who disappear.        Much can be said
for social savior   -faire, But to
rejoice when no one else is
there Is even harder      than it is to weep;
No one is watching,         but you have to leap.
A solitude ten thou             sand fathoms deep
Sustains the bed on                which we lie, my dear:


Although I love you, you will have to leap;
Our dream of safety has to disappear.