<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=575305" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Autumn of Metaphors</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ladder leans on our wall<br>we clamber rather than fall <br>as snakes to the pit<br>we flit<br>from dark to lighter<br>shadow fighters<br>springing from rung to sprung<br>until the autumn of our metaphors</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ladder needs our wall<br>or it could not point vaguely<br>skywards<br>its resistance to crawl<br>makes the arms stronger<br>to ward off longer<br>melancholy</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To walk under the metaphor<br>invites what for<br>absolute beginners<br>could be the hell<br>of the physical</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Better climb the eternal<br>stairway to leaven<br>our daily bread</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Pryor">William Pryor</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=575305" data-title="The Autumn of Metaphors de William Pryor" data-description="The ladder leans on our wall we clamber rather than fall as snakes to the pit we flit from dark to lighter shadow fighters springing from rung to sprung until the autumn of our metaphors The ladder needs our wall or it could not point vaguely sk..."></div> </div> </div>

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