Poetry Jam
danger
DANGER
DANGER
DANGER
Two little sisters walk along the
rocks
Dad said to watch out
“green rocks are slippery”
One little girl slips in
the cold and deep water
wet but OK....a lesson
learned.
Cloths were
changed...Memories were made..A family laughed but …
Always watch out for
slippery spots!
Years pass ... I remember
the lesson
It was not about a warning
…
to never walk along the
rocky beach with green and wet rocks
It was not a warning …
to never turn over the
rocks to see what was living under rocks
It was not a warning...
to not go there of look at
life among the water and the rocks
because there was danger
out there.
It was as I see it through
adult eyes...
a statement about life in
general
Go and walk
Go and look
Go and explore
Go and do
but
Be totally aware of who
you are and where you put your feet
Be totally aware of who
you believe and where you put your trust
There are slippery spots
......and
sometimes you will just
not see them at all
sometimes you will not
believe what happened so quickly
so.....
you might have to just laugh
at the mistake
and get wet
....and help make changes
DANGER is all around us
we can not remove it
we can not avoid it
we can not go around it or under it or over it
we can not always see it
but...we need to keep our
eyes totally open.
and
go right through it with care
remember
There is stuff you do not expect to find under all the rocks
There are many green rocks AND slippery areas in our walking journey
Great Rae, and I love the insight in this! Very cool
ReplyDeleteMy sister and I were young when she slipped on the mossy rocks. We still say at times " another green rock I didn't see" as life sends us dangers. I had a friend who would not walk the rocks on a beach in Maine because she might fall which was very true but...she had a stroke soon after that and missed the above photos. I do think life is about the slippery spots and looking for answers under the rocks. I am not sure it is poetry but the thoughts have rhyme and reason.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your poem and its message. So very true that we cannot totally avoid danger but have to find a safe way to navigate through it. Where one decides to put one's feet IS the key.
ReplyDeleteWhen life hits me with something unexpected, now I'm going to think of it as a slippery rock I didn't see!
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