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Up on the Tallest Cliff

December 21, 2022
By swimmer05 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
swimmer05 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
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This island is a whimsical place.

Existing without care, my worries have dissolved

in the island’s sparkling warm waters.

It is lovely here, I will stay forever.


I sit up on the tallest cliff, observing.

The cloudy heavens are like a canvas

with every shade of white peacefully swimming.

The sky is beautiful here, I will stay forever.


The waters below glisten and shine in the light of day.

The static blue is like a mirror

reflecting the landscape with perfect precision.

The water is beautiful here, I will stay forever.


It’s all so beautiful but yet I sit

up on the tallest cliff, observing.

Maybe one day I will be free with the water.

But for now, I am planted in the dirt, stuck forever.


The author's comments:

On Millard Sheets’ painting, 1978


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