{"id":1645,"date":"2015-04-19T07:29:05","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T07:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2015-04-19T07:29:05","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T07:29:05","slug":"summits-reached-before-depths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/summits-reached-before-depths\/","title":{"rendered":"Summits Reached Before Depths"},"content":{"rendered":"

I climbed Cairn Hills summit step by step
\nOn a day when all was well
\nThe depths to which I was about to sink
\nFate had in store I could not tell
\nThe sun shone bright: a summers day
\nHow could I foresee
\nThat fire and fate so would conspire
\nAgainst a climber like me?<\/p>\n

One year later, I climbed again
\nWith apprehension this time:
\nWhat depths lay ahead for me to descend
\nAfter I cross a Kerry summit this time?
\nIs that just superstition?
\nOr is that the pattern of life
\nThat peace attained is judged ill gained
\nSo we must pay the penalty of strife?<\/p>\n

This time last year I climbed Cairn Hill in Longford, an ambition fulfilled and all was well, and I was set to have the house finished by and large by that September. Then, on the May Day bank holiday Sunday night, fire took hold and burned it back to the walls. From literally the heights of happiness to the depths of despair in the space of less than a week, it was with tepridation I done the Kerry Way a few weeks ago, for a superstitions fear that similar life changing events may happen again. I hope thats just a superstition, and in fact its a turning point for the better. So far, the ringbeam still has to be done on the house and the ambition is to have the roof on again this year and the windows in and external doors.<\/address? \n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I climbed Cairn Hills summit step by step On a day when all was well The depths to which I was about to sink Fate had in store I could not tell The sun shone bright: a summers day How could I foresee That fire and fate so would conspire …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[1790,1792,1789,1791,65,1747],"class_list":["post-1645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-walking-verses","tag-climb","tag-fate","tag-hill-walk","tag-kerry-way","tag-life-2","tag-superstition","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-qx","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1857,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/cairn-hill-stanzas-from-the-summit\/","url_meta":{"origin":1645,"position":0},"title":"Cairn Hill – Stanzas from the Summit","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"30th April 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I stood there upon the summit After a long hard climb Looked down upon the land below To rest I took my time After, descending around me I looked But no where could I see The lake where Queen Maeve she bathed When killed by her nephew, was said to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Nature"","block_context":{"text":"Nature","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/nature-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cairn Hill Mast - Broadcasting RTE across the North Leinster - South Ulster area","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Cairn-Hill-Mast-Broadcasting-RTE-across-the-North-Leinster-South-Ulster-area.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3682,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/hilltops-adorned-by-man\/","url_meta":{"origin":1645,"position":1},"title":"Hilltops Adorned By Man","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"21st April 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Cairns of stone, for our dead Hilltops adorned Prayed to and turned to Communicate with the spirits Crosses of stone and iron, for our dying Hilltops adorned Climbed upon, prayed upon Communicate with our saints. 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