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The Ledge

I stand on this ledge… Teetering back and forth on the edge… I weave precariously, slipping on my tears… I look to the heavens as I swallow my fears… A warm breeze gently caresses my face… There is no more time, and there is no space… I stand with my arms over my head… I am not alive, nor am I dead…

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 8/29/2012 12:42:00 PM
I think we all have been on ledge once or twice in our lives. Great poem!!!
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Date: 8/28/2012 1:59:00 PM
you've captured that awful feeling of despair very well here. nice one! (hope it's not true)
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Darrell Hoover
Date: 8/28/2012 2:06:00 PM
A pure work of fiction... :) Thanks for the nice words...
Date: 8/28/2012 1:04:00 PM
Reading this reminded me of a movie titled "Cat's Eye", which was based on some of Stephen King's short stories. Good descriptiveness and rhyming here.
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Darrell Hoover
Date: 8/28/2012 2:06:00 PM
Thank you!

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