Metaphorical 'Possum

Sometimes you feel like a 'possum on a wire

Way above the ground;

You just start running from the dog

To a place you can't be found.

One thing leads to another till

You find you're in a bind

And rescue from your predicament

Is something hard to find

So, you sit and you think, "What do I do?

I'm stuck here in the air.

I wasn't aiming to end up here

And this just isn't fair!

There's two solutions come to mind

To solve your little fix;

The first is to keep on going

And the second you will nix

Because it involves a mighty fall

Straight down to the earth.

It's something you'll avoid

With all that you are worth.

So, you just keep right on going

Way up on that wire

Hoping you can hold on

And your hands and feet won't tire.

Maybe you will find at the end

Of your precarious way

That you have reached a better place

At the end of an awful day.