When crossing a stream from rock to rock, it is not always easy to tell which stones are solid and which ones will topple underfoot.
Best to step lightly.
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Dancing Over Stones
Dancing over stones,
If I was barefoot, what pain!
Could I ever be Fred Astaire
Or a hippo in Fantasia?
Dancing over stones --
That one hurled at me
By my father, that one
By my nation, another
By my God, exploding underfoot.
Dancing over stones
Is not walking over water,
Although how would I know,
Having fallen in both sides?
Dancing over stones
Requires a partner in crime
Whose lack of balance
Can pull us both under.
Dancing over stones
Makes looking at shoes
An erotic adventure, and more
When looking at toes.
Dancing over stones
Is all about avoidance:
Hiccups whose accusations
Won’t forgive one another
[Disposable Poem January 29, 2010]
Dr. Mike
What you've written generally is true except...what if the rock is slick (with slime)? Stepping lightly may cause one to lose their footing and fall. Sometimes it's safer to build a bridge over the stream or not to ford it all.
R.T.:
True. It all comes down to paying attention to each moment as it passes, and living intentionally, regardless of which side of the river we find ourselves on. Yes?
Dr. M:
Hippos in Fantasia and the erotic adventure of shopping for shoes, I love those parts. Keep posting, please.
H.K.
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