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Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

0 posted 2006-02-13 03:00 PM

Climbing craggy cliffs,
peaked moments notwithstanding

  Life’s debris,

I find myself tenuously clinging,
forever tempting this Selfness
to reach for another new ledge
from which to rapel myself
   away from the sheerest edge of danger,

  Life's perils,

while seeking
   the most brilliant colors bouncing
off canyon walls
   overlooking
my meandering pathway.

I must choose each step carefully,
knowing that to place myself
upon the wrong foothold
could well be my unraveling;
I could find myself slipping
into some deep dark chasm,
suspended like some spider dangling
from a defective thread,
praying for a rescuer.

Yet I must allow my Self the freedom
to climb each mountainside
without regrets,
accepting that I might fail
as easily as win
   the peak’s view,
as an eagle might do.

Never to attempt the climb
is the most dangerous,
a certain doom.

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

1 posted 2006-02-13 03:06 PM

I find myself tenuously clinging,
forever tempting this Selfness
to reach for another new ledge
from which to rapel myself
   away from the sheerest edge of danger,

  Life's perils,
dang Kacy...your in m'head again...

stellar scribe gal.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2006-02-13 03:08 PM

lol, was editing while you read,
adding a line left out from my original

thanks for reading!

kayjay
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since 2002-06-24

Posts 2015
Oregon

3 posted 2006-02-13 03:43 PM

Your phrasing is so well done.

"Never to attempt the climb
is the most dangerous,
a certain doom"

And the ending is the best of all. Well done, Kacy. Ken

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

4 posted 2006-02-13 03:53 PM

well thank you, kind Ken!

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

5 posted 2006-02-13 04:00 PM

"Never to attempt the climb
is the most dangerous,
a certain doom."

Wonderful write Kacy,
and th elast lines are so very very true.
Hugs~Nancy

~ Trace my body with your words,
in doing so, you touch my heart ~

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

6 posted 2006-02-13 04:05 PM

Ah,how many of us shorten our horzions because we are too fearful of failure?
Good write as usual. You are a thinker. Enjoyed. martyjo

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

7 posted 2006-02-13 05:58 PM

That is some beautiful free verse, Kacy. Much enjoyed and saving it.

...jo

Professor Gloom
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since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

8 posted 2006-02-13 06:02 PM

Now where I am an avid hiker and backpacker
Repelling doesn’t appeal to me,
Yet I grasp the analogy and must admit to doing so
From time to time.

Good work

Gloom

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

9 posted 2006-02-13 07:21 PM

Nancy, marty, jo, mr gloom

gloom, an intentional misspelling? repel vs rapel?

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