The Edge Of The World

• Mitchell Lapenas
• Poetry
• 2011

I have stood at the edge of the world,
Where rocks and timber mar the beach,
Where earth and sea brutally collide,
A desolate place near impossible to reach.
I have stood at the edge of the world,
And cast my pebble unto the shore,
Into the depths sank my precious pebble,
A testimony to my life forever more.
I have stood at the edge of the world,
Where my pebble will remain eternally,
Once a shard of stone, now it is me,
COntinuing my lifes turbulent journey.
I have stood at the edge of the world,
And knelt among its golden sand,
Where pebbles such as mine now lay,
A tribute to our time in Van Diemen's Land.