{"id":7918,"date":"2018-12-17T01:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=7918"},"modified":"2018-12-15T16:50:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T23:50:25","slug":"your-dream-of-safety-prompt-403","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/your-dream-of-safety-prompt-403\/","title":{"rendered":"Your dream of safety. Prompt #403"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"What is your dream of safety?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inspired by \u201cLeap Before You Look\u201d by W. H. Auden<\/p>\n

The sense of danger must not disappear:
\nThe way is certainly both short and steep,
\nHowever gradual it looks from here;
\nLook if you like, but you will have to leap.<\/p>\n

Tough-minded men get mushy in their sleep
\nAnd break the by-laws any fool can keep;
\nIt is not the convention but the fear
\nThat has a tendency to disappear.<\/p>\n

The worried efforts of the busy heap,
\nThe dirt, the imprecision, and the beer
\nProduce a few smart wisecracks every year;
\nLaugh if you can, but you will have to leap.<\/p>\n

The clothes that are considered right to wear
\nWill not be either sensible or cheap,
\nSo long as we consent to live like sheep
\nAnd never mention those who disappear.<\/p>\n

Much can be said for social savior-faire,
\nBut to rejoice when no one else is there
\nIs even harder than it is to weep;
\nNo one is watching, but you have to leap.<\/p>\n

A solitude ten thousand fathoms deep
\nSustains the bed on which we lie, my dear:
\nAlthough I love you, you will have to leap;
\nOur dream of safety has to disappear.<\/p>\n

Photo by Kent W. Sorensen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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