AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Cross-wired

Pic on Flickr by Gemma Wiseman ~ Seawinds 3
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3WW prompt ~ cautious human maybe
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It is human nature to be curious ~
To feel some intense longing
To peek over the edge
To see
What it could be like
On the other side ~
But maybe
It is quite fortunate
That some angel
Thought of adding
Some cautious
Cross-wired
Posts and rails
Before you get there
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7 comments:

paisley said...

i live in an area of rocky ledges overlooking the pacific,, and to my disbelief,, at least monthly... someone falls in.. what is up with the level of curiosity that would take you over the end of a rock mass and leave you dead on the beach below???? i will never understand......

Amanda said...
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TC said...

I think I got too much caution, not enough curiosity? Or maybe just the wrong type of curiosity... that's probably it.

anthonynorth said...

Getting the balance right - so difficult.

Anonymous said...

A delicate poem. I imagine our curiosity about spirit and an afterlife. So I am thankful for the protective angels.

Tammy Brierly said...

I loved how you added the angel and metaphor. If not for the barriers I'd be toast.

Beautiful shots!

Anonymous said...

If there are no barriers I don't go out

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