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Walking On Water
By B.D.
31 May 2006
This is kinda like a part two of another poem but I only want to post this one at this time and, again, it's a deeper issue and I tried to be as vague as possible in both because I have no clue who's reading this so...no offense! There's kinda a hidden metaphor in it and I'd be very surprised and interested if anyone can find it. Once you get the metaphor, then, in my opinion, the poem is seen in a different light but then again, I'm the author and I know what I'm actually talking about in the poem so maybe I'm wrong...

I followed the river,

hoping to get home.

I went to a new land,

a direction unknown.

All I wanted was something solid,

something sure,

and everything tha used to be

is now gone.

I want to run -

the river wasn't suppose to flow here!

But I'm walking on water

and if I run, I'll fall in.

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Written by brook_rivers (486 comments posted) 31st May 2006
i lost the meaning in the last 3 lines but this is one of the better poems u have posted IMO

Written by B.D. (82 comments posted) 31st May 2006
I could understand if you lost the meaning because the part about the river is coming from another poem that I have not posted so...The "walking on water" is the part that's the hidden metaphor. (I wasn't going to tell but...) In the Bible, there's that story about Jesus calling a disciple to meet him on the water and he doubts Jesus and he starts to fall in. So what I'm trying to say by the last 2 lines is that I'm trying to trust Jesus and trying to keep in mind that everything has some kind of reason and when I run away, I doubt myself and that's dangerous because, back to the story, I could fall in. Does that make sense??....

Written by mishmish (389 comments posted) 2nd June 2006
To me, the poem scream of 'keeping the faith'. Believing in something, having the conviction despite whatever happens, to just hold on, and not run away, 'not fall through the water'. 
 
This is good. well done! 
 
best wishes 
 
mishmish
a note to brook rivers
Written by no1butClo (341 comments posted) 18th October 2007
I think the last three lines do allude [sp?] to keeping the faith: running denotes panic, walking on the water is showing the trust that it will support you. 
 
I really like the idea of this poem, I'm getting biblical connotations for obvious reasons! The general them seems to be about trust, and it makes interesting writing matter. 
 
keep workin BD 
 
clo

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