The Towers and the Wire Walker by Bob Eschenbrenner once upon a time two towers rose so high looking over New York City a quarter mile up in the sky a young man named Philippe Petit saw the towers in a magazine right then and there he knew his dream was to walk a wire in between to go where no man has ever gone to do what no one has ever done to take that step up in the sky and trust the wire with your life trust the wire with your life he went to visit the towers one day and asked them if they thought it okay if he stretched a wire and walked between time and space into his dream the towers they were more than content and they told the young man that they would protect him and his wire as he crossed the divide a quarter mile up in the sky they watched over New York and they watched over me and they always smiled down on Ms. Liberty and though they may seem to some just a memory what once was will always be it will always be with an arrow shot he tethered his line connecting the towers in space and in time with one small step he left the earth behind his path as simple as one straight line once upon a time they stood side by side a quarter mile up in the sky when a poet on a wire danced in between outside of time inside his dream to go where no man has ever gone to do what no one has ever done to take that step up in the sky and trust the wire with your life trust the wire with your life