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Maverick Wolf
Member

since 1999-11-13

Posts 94
Scandia, MN

0 posted 2001-08-08 11:36 PM

The ladder of life
is like no other
There is no top above
only an end below
There is no ground beneath
only sky all around
I go up and down
finding things to hold on to
But when they vanish
I go down
How far I go down
depends on what I can see
If I hold on to hope
I will never fall
When it hurts so much
and I just want to let go
When I see nothing
and give up hope
When I honestly believe
that falling is better
You're there for me
as you always have been
Please be there this time
just this one last time

Yesterday's history, tomorrow's a mystery, and today is a gift. That's why they call it the present.

[This message has been edited by Maverick Wolf (edited 08-09-2001).]

SmittenKitten
Senior Member

since 2001-06-20

Posts 1131
where the sky and horizon meet

1 posted 2001-08-08 11:52 PM

Nice metaphor....and a pleasant ending. It is always nice to have someone at the end of the ladder, steadying it for us

~Krista

"Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you.
And all you can do is to go where they can find you."
~Winnie the Pooh

rwood
Member Elite

since 2000-02-29

Posts 3793
Tennessee

2 posted 2001-08-09 07:27 AM

I would have to have help up and down. I'm afraid of heights!

Some of us admire others reaching for the stars, while we ride our dream bikes down here on the roads of life.

Great verse and you my friend are so brave!
Sincerely,
Regina

Voiceless
Senior Member

since 2001-02-19

Posts 686
Under the stars upon the wind

3 posted 2001-08-09 09:44 AM

I like the life as a ladder idea.
This is really neat, sometimes
you need people to hold the ladder
for ya if you are shakey.

Freedom is not Free (Korean War memorial)

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

4 posted 2001-08-09 01:31 PM

MaverickWolf~

'If I hold on to hope
I will never fall'

Life gives us many rungs on the ladder~
I enjoyed where you went with this idea~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Secret Whisper
Member

since 2001-01-25

Posts 298
Through the Looking Glass

5 posted 2001-08-20 01:27 AM

---The Last Rung To Your Ladder--- for always.

"We also know how cruel the truth often is, and we wonder whether delusion is not more consoling."- Henri Poincare (1854-1912)

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