Friday 28 April 2017

Test your Survival Skills Here


Test your Survival Skills Here


What unspoken words do you whisper in my ear?
Why are you calling me loud and clear?
Why do you draw me in to your summit
For that one brief moment when I call you mine?
What ancient magic delights to goad me on?
Why risk my life, Everest high or jungle Amazon?
What brave new world do I seek to conquer
For one solitary instant I can say I have won.

I have considered the rules of three: air, water, food and shelter.
I have frozen crossing the ice or migrating over dunes did swelter.
Foraging for food and wilderness navigation,
Lost, mind paying tricks, high temperature and starvation.
Panic? No - prioritise. I need to beat the elements.
A debris hut or nature’s cave, before mind game developments.

What unspoken words do you whisper in my ear?
Why are you calling me loud and clear?
Why do you draw me in to your summons
For that one brief moment when I call you mine?

By Linda Prince

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