Do you think I’m the kind of person
Who has a plan and makes it happen?
When weaving a spider’s web, do they think it out?
Or do they just start walking, while leaking
A fine gossamer line from end to end of a corner
Or across two branches.
They can’t perceive the world like we do
They’re far too small to see it.
I doubt they know what branches are
Overwhelmed by scale.
I get that I’m not a spider
And see more than shadows moving
Through the lights of the world
But I really wasn’t thinking
When I climbed this high
I just felt a bit compelled
I just wanted to feel the sky.
See the world far down below
And feel the breeze run through my skin
Now I’m stuck above it all
Spider man they call me
But I can’t shoot webs
I can’t even jump a gap
I just stick to walls.
Bitten by a gecko
Who got the spider bite
A hybrid’s hybrid is what I am
And it’s really not worth the hype.
So if you’d please just get me down
I’d be forever in your debt
I’m not the kind of person who plans
And makes it happen
Just a sticky-fingered nerd who saw a wall and said
Yeah, I’ll just climb that.
This has me on word-picture overload — a good thing. What a great response to this prompt. A favorite line: Just a sticky-fingered nerd who saw a wall and said, Yeah, I’ll just climb it. I like your comparison to a spider’s view of the world.