Colossal mountain
And you know it is hard to climb
Sitting in the starlight,
Carboniferous days
And love turned to stone
When you left the valleys behind
And all that you can do
Is smile at the moon
And start the climb
Alison Jean Hankinson
This is for d’Verse open link night.
So today on Friday 13th of January our furniture is scheduled to leave Whangarei exactly 11 years to the day we arrived. We drove over the Brynderwyns on Friday 13 Jan 2006 and saw the vista of Whangarei and Mount Manaia for the very first time. I actually began to write this poem many years ago when it became clear to me that when leaving to pursue our dreams we inevitably leave behind places and people that we have grown to love and cherish.
Arohanui. Great love to all. XXXXXX
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I always think endings and beginnings are intertwined ~ Love that sitting in the starlight ~
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Wow. Great poem. It’s short but it packs a punch. 🙂
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I liked the last three lines where all one could do was smile and start climbing.
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Perfect in its simplicity and brevity. Sometimes we must climb the mountain in order to get another view, a new perspective on our life.
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you are right. many thanks. xx
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Perfect in its simplicity and brevity. Sometimes we must climb that mountain in order to gain a new perspective on our life.
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The metaphor of climbing is great, remember it’s also downhill sometimes
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Beautiful lines~
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Such depth even in the brevity of your verse!❤️ Sigh… lovely!
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Nicely done. Good luck with the ‘climb’
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Thankyou… we are waiting to set off but the cat has gone AWOL….this is how it goes. X
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Sometimes Cats don’t wanna move 😉
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cat finally came home and we are on our way…
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Lovely closing lines, they feel soothing and encouraging.
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Valleys have their own beauty, but oh…..the delight when you can leave them behind and start that magnificent climb in the moonlight 😛
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And all that you can do
Is smile at the moon
And start the climb
isn’t that just the truth! forever we climb towards something
cheers
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fantastic capture of change — with all its opportunity and richness
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It is the duality of leaving and coming….our emotions get tied up in a conundrum situation….
you’ve expressed it well.
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