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The tightrope walker
Contributed by
mrmatt
on
Monday, 31st August 2009 @ 01:43:48 AM in AEST
Topic:
EmotionalPoetry
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He waves his hands to the crowd
They hush and begin to watch
They wonder if he'll fall
They antisipate his failure
He tries to balance and calm his mind
He hushes his clouded thoughts
Carefully observing the rope
Deeply he breathes to catch his breath
Only to exhale the fear
The crowd excited for the worst
He takes his first step
The net is pulled down
Nervousness disappears
A child in the crowd smiles
The training is forgotten
He begins to fall
The crowd screams in horror
He grabs the rope and holds on
His life flashes in his eyes
Alone on the rope the expectations for failure
He's accepting he may not make it out alive
His dreams fall as he crashes to the floor
The crowd screams with delight
It is better to watch the fall rather than be it
He stands strong as he recovers the slip
The crowd cheers the thoughts erase
This is his time he can make it
Alone he may be, making it to the other side
A calm rushes over him the applause in the room
He is a star as he desends the ladder
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Re: The tightrope walker
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by shelby on
Monday, 31st August 2009 @ 11:34:27 AM AEST
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Nice story poem, well written. I felt the excitement, I am also glad he made it and did not fall!
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Re: The tightrope walker
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by NightMareShoGun on
Monday, 15th October 2012 @ 02:55:58 AM AEST
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