WARNING: Crocodiles and Waterfalls!

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viking_metal
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since 2007-02-02

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In a Jeep, Minnesota.

0 posted 2009-12-21 12:19 PM

love is like a river
with rock walls too high, too slick to climb.
downstream there's a waterfall,
upstream there's crocodiles.

love is like a river
full of rocks you can't see
without swimming straight down,
holding your breath until your ears pop
your lungs begging mercy for air.

love is like a river,
it forces us to make a choice
between fighting crocodiles,
jumping off a waterfall
into writhing white,
or hitting our heads on the rocks,
and floating where we were supposed to go
and should have been all along.

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Bad Habits.

Fall in love early, fall in love often.

Zeigeist
Member

since 2009-12-09

Posts 311
Michigan

1 posted 2009-12-21 01:11 AM

Good poem and good wisdom vike.

Zeitgeist

viking_metal
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since 2007-02-02

Posts 1337
In a Jeep, Minnesota.

2 posted 2009-12-21 01:13 AM

Thanks very much sir.

Paul

Fall in love early, fall in love often.

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

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with you

3 posted 2009-12-21 01:18 AM

wonderful write Paul

I like this very much

viking_metal
Senior Member

since 2007-02-02

Posts 1337
In a Jeep, Minnesota.

4 posted 2009-12-21 02:00 AM

Thanks SueSEA. good to hear from you, it's been some time.

Fall in love early, fall in love often.

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

5 posted 2009-12-22 09:34 AM

Dear Paul,
your imagery and thoughts are quite captivating!

Nothing goes without a few compromises!

Truly enjoyed your write. Hey, but the waterfall is fun!

Love,
Margopargo

viking_metal
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since 2007-02-02

Posts 1337
In a Jeep, Minnesota.

6 posted 2009-12-22 12:56 PM

Thanksh vurry mucho mish margopargo.

Fall in love early, fall in love often.

shalisadefa
Member

since 2009-08-13

Posts 114

7 posted 2009-12-23 08:52 AM

There have been a lot of boulders and a few too many crockodiles in my river, longing for a quiet more rippling kind of stream right now, although I am holding my breath for I hear the waterfall roaring.

viking_metal
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since 2007-02-02

Posts 1337
In a Jeep, Minnesota.

8 posted 2009-12-23 11:35 AM

Just go ahead and float.

Fall in love early, fall in love often.

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

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Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

9 posted 2010-01-02 09:50 PM

Paul,

I have been missing your poetry in my silent time-out. This is very good and kind of applies to what I have been going rhrough.

Good to be reading you again.

A

viking_metal
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since 2007-02-02

Posts 1337
In a Jeep, Minnesota.

10 posted 2010-01-06 02:44 AM

Alison, I so deeply appreciate that you read all my shtuff. You're a good lady, you is.

Fall in love early, fall in love often.

Earl Brinkman
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since 2010-03-03

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Osaka, Japan

11 posted 2010-05-27 05:19 AM

Love may be all these things but it is truely worth the risk! Rich imagery is a standout in this piece.

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