10 of 12 in the ‘My very best’ series
Stepped on a crack in the pavement of life And heard something chasing me Turned and saw the bears of the night Bricked it, suddenly Ran so hard I thought I would die But the bears were still hot on my trail Panicked, I thought of a way to be free But thought it would probably fail
Knew it was the only thing left to do So I leapt for the space in between And behind me I watched the bears disappear As I fell to the ground breathlessly Turned my head to the earth to cry But a strong hand reached out for mine Led me away from the cracks in the road Showed me the narrow line Said it was hard to follow sometimes But promised to always be there Smiled and said to follow him Led me away from the bears
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Photo – Jempics [‘Shibboleth (aka ‘The Crack) – an installation by Doris Salcedo in Tate Modern’s turbine hall (2007)]
I first penned ‘Stepped on a Crack‘ in 1985 but first posted to Jemverse in August 2014
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