The gleeful chorus of the Emerald city dwellers....YOU'RE OUT OF THE WOODS YOU'RE OUT OF THE DARK YOU'RE OUT OF THE NIGHT...STEP INTO THE SUN STEP INTO THE LIGHT....
As Dorthy and her team were on their way to see the wizard and were within reach of their quest.... they ran into a field of poppies.
A lovely distraction, a beautiful serene burst of nature. They were lulled into a deep sleep..and out of the ether's came a snow shower to wake them up. A dusting of ice to calm the affects of the hypnotic poppy.
They were willing to fight the good fight, face their fears and the danger, no matter the out come they took a journey. Their psychic spirit called upon the good witch to help them . They got up, dusted themselves off, made it to Oz, and fought to be seen.
Dorthy and her pals never felt they had what they needed when they met the little man behind the curtain. However, they found they already had inside of themselves, what they needed.
They had to look within, take personal responsibility and then and only then could they go home.
The tall poppy syndrome is when a poppy gets taller than the others , it is cut down to be uniform to the others. Dorthy stood tall and she found her way home.
Are we moving out of the dark into the light, or are we being lulled into the hypnotic mass of the poppies ?
2 comments:
Chills went up my back as I read those words from one of the less-famous songs from this oh-so-famous iconic movie of our Boomers' generation. The fact that it was only available once a year on network TV in those days is probably one of the principal reasons it holds such magic for us in these days. Indeed I hope we are moving out of the dark and into the light, but it is tough to be sure with all the men behind the curtains . . . It's a jungle out there, or in this case, poppy field. Mamma Look Sharp . . . Dale
perhaps the tallest poppy is what it takes to make us rise above ourselves...
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