As I read this, I was thinking this could apply to many situations, a love affair, country's of the world. Seems to allow the reader the freedom to make a choice.

I agree with Sylvia that this could apply to many different situations but the one that I think stood out the most was a dictator about to lose all his power as he sits on the edge of defeat. I might be wrong but thats the indication I got. The overall poem was well structure from what I could tell and the rhyme scheme was good as well and didn't mess up the flow one bit. Great job and keep writing.