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Songbird Member Elite
since 1999-12-15
Posts 2184Missouri |
Futility of Protection I carried my house upon my back Someone tipped me over My feet pointed upward I had to lay there waiting Until someone kind Set me upright Or an enemy slew me I wore so much armor I was handicapped The weight of it Confined me What use was the armor? It only made me a “sitting duck” Afraid to get wet Walking in the rain I stayed inside my house Avoiding the sunshine |
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moondogz Member
since 2007-05-01
Posts 397Great White North |
Excellent read, I love the metaphors of the turtle and the duck..good job Songbird. moon. |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Poor turtle. My son stopped his car to turn one over and it bit him. Poor son. Love, Joyce |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
SweetSongbird~ This one gave me smiles ... and caused me to remember one I had done about a turtle~ /main/forumdisplay.cgi?action=displayarchive&number=51&topic=001504 Love you lady~  *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
interesting...without songbird ever naming the creature, we all thought of the turtle. including, the old biologist, wooo...but on second thought, me thinks it was a tortoise! i have picked up many a tortoise or box turtles in my day. many times taking them to my "safe haven" in the wilderness. it was my futile attempt to protect them from the problems of urbanization. by doing so i'm sure i've had an impact on the tortoise "gene pool" in the surrounding area. songbird, you have a beautiful voice and i enjoyed your technique of not exposing the creature by name...very good! |
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Songbird Member Elite
since 1999-12-15
Posts 2184Missouri |
Thanks for the comments, this poem however goes deeper than the surface, it is about how sometimes we feel like protecting ourselves so much we miss the good things that could be coming to our life. I wrote it from that perspective. Self protection can be futile, it is never absolute, sometime it does more harm, then putting our faith in God and his destiny for us. |
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