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Poem regarding a major life decision of this lady. |
She stands At the edge of the world Stares down upon the barren lands Hair thrown back in her face Like a threatening blow From the cold north wind There to protect Another gust Sweeps back her tresses Confronting her With the face of reality A snow covered sod Slips from its stance Beneath her toes And plummets downward For what seems like hours To the snowy abyss below This is The future She is looking for If She lets go Drops all cares and thoughts Gives the wind her sacred feet Lets herself be carried But is she To give the wind Her feet Those so long trusted soles Whom have carried her not only Through those times of trial And suffering But also through Those few moments of bliss and joy To accredit such trust In a new And powerful source Of which ration is not known But if She Can find the strength To pull back From the powerful wind Take a step back from The edge She knows There is another world And the edge is just behind her And she knows It is A world Of trial and of suffering A world of hard times and misfortune With harsh winds Howling in every direction But she also knows It is A world of meaning And she knows In the strength she might find To pull back From the snow covered Alaskan abyss She Can find strength To conquer any wind She sees now What she is looking upon The cold Face of reality And the winds That can help erase time Or prolong it She knows life can be bleak But she now knows It is no bleaker than the life of That snow covered sod Carried by the wind To exist forever In the non-existence of The cold Alaskan abyss below She pushes Back against the howling winds Fighting now For the life she was so afraid to face She reaches out Blindly grabbing for a way back But there are no welcoming hands For she is all alone On the desolate Alaskan highway Looking down upon the abyss At the future She had once thought so promising And the harsh Threatening wind Is now staring her in the face Too powerful She is thrown to the ground Hanging onto the edge of the world And now Few thoughts Remain in her head Has she gone too far? Has she questioned her own existence To the point that there is no turning back? She lies At the summit Of her mountain and her world Hanging onto a hope Of another chance Of that life that once seemed so bleak But now so promising Slipping Closer to the edge Losing hope, determination With each blow Of the harsh North wind Closer Closer to the edge She promises Not to question any more Gives in to her future Looks to the threatening abyss below Lets go of her tired bleak world Lets go of the edge Begins her decent To the cold Alaskan abyss And like a ray of light A hand appears from the other side |