A Life Journey

Innocently born into a world full of fault 
Surrounded by all evils
Not knowing you will be apart of those sins
When you mature as a person and become part of a people

From start to finish
A journey of everything that’s possible
Though a reasonable path
One might be face with obstacles labeled illogical

A Rough road we must travel
And face things that are inevitable 
Will encounter many things we think we need
But yet are very much separable 

Life tends to bend you at times
And in which direction you must choose 
Life is just an alteration
That we as a people adjust to

It can be grating at times
Cold hearted of course
Full of agony and pain
With an apathetic attitude and no signs of remorse

Though when we reach our goal
It all turns around and actually has a meaning
You’re taught something from every experience 
  And you mature to all life’s seasons

This life we live is complicated
But it shapes you into who you are
And only can control
What is you will b
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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June 13, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Hi Trey life is a journey, one that has many twists and turns, great write, and thanks for the comment on my poem, I had not been to the soup in a while, take care D-nyce
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June 11, 2008 at 4:23 AM
That's right, every bump on every road either turns us or just exists for our journey, that way we can look back and say we got through it, survived it. Terrific thought and clarity here. Michael
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