High up above the crowdnThe great Valerio is walkingnThe rope seems hung from cloud to cloudnAnd time stands still while he is walkingnHis eye is steady on the targetnHis foot is sure upon the ropenAlone and peaceful as a mountainnAnd certain as the mountain slopennWe falter at the sightnWe stumble in the mirenFools who think they see the lightnPrepare to balance on the wirenBut we learn to watch together,nAnd feed on what we see aboven‘Till our hearts turn like the seasonsnAnd we are acrobats of lovennHow we wonder, how we wondernWatching far belownWe would all be that great heronThe great ValerionnCome all you upstart jugglersnAre you really ready yet?nWho will help the tightrope walkernWhen he tumbles to the netnSo come with me to see ValerionAs he dances through the airnI’m your friend until you use menAnd then be sure I won’t be therennHow we wonder, how we wondernWatching far belownWe would all be that great heronThe great Valerio