| Danger Lurks in the Oddest Places |
Jul 20, 2008 8:22 am
493 Views |  | Danger lurks in the oddest places,
even at innocuous watering holes
where two boys stand, joy writ on their faces,
their pleasure at being together maintaining the power to lift one's soul.
Still, two steps to the left or one to the right
could precede the moment disaster calls
and ever after their parents will think day and night
of the second their babies fell into the falls.
The depth of our lives should never be taken for granted
nor the thick emotions that ripple through us be lost
for with every death a new seed is planted,
and we honor those who perished no matter the cost.
Two brothers stood with their feet in the water,
smiling and triumphant, so full of glee
that this picture of them somehow makes it harder
to assign to their fate the word "tragedy".
They fell down together, still holding hands
to the hard grey rocks fifty meters below,
but now in that spot, a tall willow stands,
simply marking their grave, for those who know. |
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