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[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Old Metal Cross
[time] => 2009-04-26 15:43:12
[hometext] => This poem is about a real-life incident I experienced as a boy in Hawai'i...
[bodytext] => Climbing a mountain A bright-haired boy, his sister and his brother His father with the backpack, their water with his mother Wonderful They reach the summit In this tropical atmosphere, stands a giant metal cross White, tall, and overgrown, its base covered with moss Beautiful These are happy days A family together; still young, ready to brave what's to come The boy takes a swig from the waterbottle as if it was rum Satisfied The boy looks up the cross Its welcoming arms outstretched, unbothered by rain, wind or storm It seemed like a giant guardian to him, its unencumbered metal form Awesome The family stands together The symbol of their commonality looming in the background And take a photo, with the camera they always carry around Together But they grew up; Although they are now apart, they're together And even now they stand together in the weather All's fine And the boy looks back At that old photograph, and remembers that cross If his family's there, no matter what, nothing is lost And everything will be... Alright [comments] => 1 [counter] => 172 [topic] => 21 [informant] => matariel [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 0 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
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