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Toeholds

June 1, 2014
By deductivewoman SILVER, Manchester, Connecticut
deductivewoman SILVER, Manchester, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
"Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do." -Jack London


"There were to be no toeholds for love"
Why would I need a toehold when there was a ladder?
I did not know, then, where that ladder led
I have scaled it and now I look down
Did I alone achieve these heights?
I wish there had been no toeholds
I wish I had never met you

I lie to myself.
It is a habit I am trying to break.


The author's comments:
The quote from the first line is a Margaret Atwood quote from her novel "The Handmaid's Tale." It really struck me.

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