Hanging by a Thread

Have you ever felt that you are hanging by a thread?

Have you ever felt you are holding onto something by a thread?

Have you ever felt someone is holding on to you by a thread?

You might feel this way through hope or expectation, but the thread isn't an idea. It's real. 

Maybe it's not a thread at all. Maybe it's a rope, maybe it's a steel rope. The sort they suspend bridges with.

If you're holding onto something by a thread, maybe you're responsible for its strength? 

If the thread wasn't there, maybe it would fall.

That's the thing about threads.

They can suspend (actors playing) super heroes. They can make David Copperfield fly. You don't see them. But they're there. Vital. An invisible source of essential support.

Powerful. Flexible. Essential. Beautiful. 

Ask any spider.

If you're holding onto something by a thread, you might be the strength behind the something you're holding on to. 

Not just the thread.