The edge looms not far ahead<\/p>\n
Two steps more and I may be dead<\/p>\n
But then there’s the sound of doom astern<\/p>\n
Is that a voice I heard?<\/p>\n
Perhaps it’s just the shadowed bird<\/p>\n
Nary a quote of foreboding warn<\/p>\n
Just a noise to drive the truth home<\/p>\n
It’s just\u00a0the roll\u00a0before the storm<\/p>\n
That roils about my anxious dome<\/p>\n
Walk the edge<\/p>\n
Push the square<\/p>\n
Let my fear take me there<\/p>\n
Taste the dread in my head<\/p>\n
Ply the sheets of my bed<\/p>\n
Traverse\u00a0the nightmare where I’m dead<\/p>\n
Feel the heat pierce me through and through<\/p>\n
And all at once my eyes are clear<\/p>\n
I’ve naught to fear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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