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Frost Smith
Frost Smith
Oct 02, 2007 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Tightrope

 

 

Tight as a piano string

Thin as a razor

Upon this rope I swing

Stretched out to the horizon and beyond

Balance is something I pass through

Trembling as I trepidisly skulk along

No one ever said it would be easy

Teetering from one extreme to another

Sweaty foot palms slick it greasy

 

— Frost Smith, Oct 02, 2007

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IKnowNoBox

18 years 8 months ago

Yes It is not a sunday stroll

and on the other side is no pot of gold,but to be able to say you have done it(with sweaty slick feet,possibly cut and bledding).Priceless! In ink, David No boxes on the other side Escape Artist,there is only what you bring.
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follettvogue

18 years 8 months ago

poem

paula buckenham loved the intensity in this short poem, i imagined it was me performing this act, fab.
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

18 years 2 months ago

Hello,

Whenever I come across a word that I don't know, I look it up in the dictionary, but I couldn't find: "trepidisly." May I ask please, what does it mean? (I liked the poem very much) Cat
Frost Smith

Frost Smith

18 years 2 months ago

Candlewitch...

I used a bit of poetic license here; the root word is "trepid" which means fearful or apprehensive, and I just add the suffixes to make it a verb. Thanks Frost
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

18 years 2 months ago

Thank you,

Thank you for taking the time to qualify that for me. Knowing the meaning of words makes the piece that much more enjoyable for me. I've been known to make up a word or two myself, for example: "Politicide" it means political suicide, LOL! :) Cat p.s. I like your poem!