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Highest Highland
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021    Rated "G" by the Author.
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-- The Highest Highland –

John Herlihy

 

The highest highland we can see from

-- Vision –

The lowest lowland we can see from

-- Indecision –

The deepest well we can descend to

-- Betrayal –

The highest ladder we can ascend to

-- being loyal –

The shortest distance we can go by

-- Trickery –

The longest distance we can go by

-- Durability –

The easiest questions we have answers to

-- History –

The hardest questions we have answers to

-- Mystery –

The lowest cliff you can fall from

-- Lust—

The highest cliff you can fall from

-- Trust –

The most sinister emotion to live by –

-- Hate –

The deepest emotion to live by

-- Love –

The most deceitful thing to believe in

-- Falsehood –

The most insightful thing to believe in

-- Truth –

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Sunday 15 August 2021

 


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 Reviews of "Highest Highland"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on September 9, 2021
SPLENDID!I ENJOYED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS WORK! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by E Phillips
Reviewed on August 17, 2021
A stairway to the stars!

Reviewed on August 17, 2021
Your words are words to live by, John. Rock on!!!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on August 17, 2021
Interesting totem of words you've built here, generating some self examination, most of us could benefit from. Just a small thing, but I think you've got a typo on the line "to be loyal" as the word "to" precedes it on the lead in line. Perhaps I'm misreading it and you meant it. Just an observation of the repeated word in succession.


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