from the brink by Peter HumphreysI slipped
on the sea
wall above
the flooding
surging Tagus
and for a second
or two I stared
down into the
green swhirling
current seemingly
unable to prevent
my fall almost
feeling pulled
in stoically
powerless all
I remember
thinking were
not grand thoughts
on my life passing
as they say it does
before my eyes but
just this is this
how it will all end
I pulled back
from the brink
I think
11/03/2006
Posted on 11/05/2006 Copyright © 2024 Peter Humphreys
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