This poem will only make sense to someone else who has wanted to cross a line they have set for themselves but are unwilling to do it...it becomes bigger than anything you have ever faced before...just one thin line between you and......
I try so hard never to cross the line
And I find myself living behind that line
Cramped and inhibited
Held back by one fine line
Unable to move forward
Unwilling to go back
The line taunting me with its nearness
And my determination never to cross it
I gaze into the distance
Dreaming of what might be
Just over there
Across the line
The line I dare not cross
Because someone once told me
There some lines you must never cross
And somehow this line became the one
And I cannot cross over it
Do you understand my dilemma
Knowing there is something I must never do
And wanting with all my heart to do it
Just take a step
One little step over that line
To see what lies beyond
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Reviews of "That One Thin Line"
Reviewed by E.S. Pahls (Reader)
Reviewed on December 6, 2004
Good poem...I can feel it.
And no...I won't be leaving. I plan on staying here at the Den among great writers.
i know this poem is kinda ambivilent...which is what i was thinking of when writing it...about how we make a decision never to do something and then it suddenly becomes more appealing. i don't believe in crossing lines i've drawn myself, i must have had a reason for it to start with so i usually stand by them, but damn, the temptation!!
Very good poem. I do believe there are destructive lines we should never cross. We don't know what your line is. Only you know that, and only you can decide.
sometimes we just have to take that chance and hopefully find it worthwhile ...
Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on December 2, 2004
Excellent sharing of thought. Crossing that line can be a big mistake and sometimes it can be a great beginning depending on what the line is all about.
That one thin line can represent so many things Sue! I know people divorced , addicts, alcoholics,and so many other examples of those who have a line they can't cross that becomes uppermost in the mind,just for that reason. It isn't easy...Excellent write!
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And no...I won't be leaving. I plan on staying here at the Den among great writers.
Great piece!
If it's a good one, go for it.
You Must Never Look Back,i.e. It Will Only Destroy You!
In Change: You Take That Chance As I've All My Life Or I'd Never Made It Thusfar!
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