It wasn’t always like this
The walls used to move in the distance
slow rolling thunder too far away to hear
and rivers gently flowing beneath my feet
Now the floods are rising
and I brought the walls close around me
to drown out the raging storm
So I sit and wait and listen to the voices outside
calling out to someone
maybe to me, or someone like me
or just shouting at an indifferent sky
daring the cloud cover to break
and reveal what floats above it
watching
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What is your biggest fear?
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Mitchel David Ring 
16 responses to “Like This”
This is truly beautifully written David I love it. Gorgeous metaphors and words that relate to many folks during some part of their life. Have a blessed day my friend. Love 💕 Joni. I have lots of fears I find it hardest to imagine something happening to my daughter or husband.
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Thank you Joni, you too! (: and I hope your fear never comes true!
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Have an amazing day my friend. 🌺🌸😘 Joni
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Beautiful expressions! I fear loss — loss of love, people and control.
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That is a potent fear. Hope it never comes to pass!
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I’m not sure what my biggest fear is, but it can’t be much worse than what I’m living in right now.
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Fair enough. Here’s to all this ending soon, and hopefully not too slow of a return to normal…
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My biggest fear is spiders 🕷 I literally freak!! It’s bad!
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Oof, yeah they’re very creepy. The way they move seems so unnatural…
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Gorgeous poetry once more. My fear is losing my independence.
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Thank you (: That would be so scary… hope it never happens!
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It is scary–at 67, every fall or dizzy spell makes me pray God will take me before I end up in a nursing home. I don’t feel I’m in particularly bad health (great spirits!), so it’s a shock when something goes amiss 🙂
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Well here’s to your health! And many great years to come (:
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Oh, bless your heart, youngster!…surely I have a few good ones left 🙂
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Much appreciated! Cheers (:
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