Tim Riding Poet Free verse

A Dead End

A Dead End

	Is there a moment in life
	When long lived,
	Or so it may seem,
	That raises the question
	Where next?
	If jumbled memories fill the day
	Whilst the night-time keeps it's own company,
	Where is the path that you are looking for?
	Winding roads trodden in hope
	Suddenly come to a halt
	Leaving a wall of feelings
	Thoughts and regrets
	That you must now scale
	To somehow find that goal.
	Past failures sit on shoulders
	Stooped and shrinking,
	No longer strong enough to carry
	Forgotten dreams.
	The days move slowly
	Trance like
	For that dream is stuck fast in time
	Leaving what?
	A dead end?

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Silent One October 25, 2020 at 5:55 AM I think many will feel like this at some point of their life... Deeply emotive. Hope you are ok. Tim Riding October 25, 2020 at 9:45 AM You are probably right. Writing about it helps, but in a poetry group a few tears back was labelled dark and gloomy. Guess they have not paid that place a visit. Thanks for understanding. Tim