Around the Corner

Around the corner but just out of view
We'll see what the future holds for me and you
It may be great yes it may be grand 
It might be simple and quite bland

Around the corner but just out of view
What the future holds depends a lot on you
Will you be brave and overcome fear
Will you attack or stay in the rear

Around the corner but just out of view
The future is waiting to be written by you
Each life is the ink in the ball point pen
That flows from beginning and writes til the end

Around the corner but just out of view
Are decisions each make that effect quite a few
Each life is a tapestry of things we decide
Our hopes and our dreams that have come alive

Around the corner but just out of view
We'll face defeat and failure at least a time or two
It's how we handle the ups and the downs
That will determine if we have some crowns
Around the corner but just out of view
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Yvonne Avatar
December 31, 2014 at 11:09 AM
Congratulations Charles on your win. All the best for 2015!
Meier-Hans Avatar
December 31, 2014 at 8:59 AM
I love this Charles. So much truth in each verse. I believe you thought this through carefully and each verse just got better. 7+fav. Congratulations on your win.
Reese Avatar
December 31, 2014 at 4:41 PM
Thanks,I'm glad you enjoyed it.I tried to build on each verse.
Allison Avatar
December 31, 2014 at 7:11 AM
thought provoking write - many congrats on your win:-) Hugs Jan xx
Kayode Avatar
December 31, 2014 at 1:46 AM
Congrats and happy new year Charles...huggs
Roberts Avatar
December 31, 2014 at 1:35 AM
congrats on your win in the contest, well done
Smith-Johnsen Avatar
October 12, 2014 at 2:53 AM
My two favoriate aprts are, "Each life is the ink in the ball point pen That flows from beginning and writes til the end" and "Each life is a tapestry of things we decide Our hopes and our dreams that have come alive " Very nice.
Reese Avatar
October 12, 2014 at 7:23 AM
Thanks,I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Christensen Avatar
October 10, 2014 at 2:09 AM
I like this quite a lot, also how each stanza is more serious than the previous one. Very well written, and good rhyming too.
Reese Avatar
October 10, 2014 at 8:11 AM
Thanks, Glad you liked . Hopefully it does well in the contest.
Thajudeen Avatar
October 9, 2014 at 11:41 PM
It is simple to read and something serious to learn.
Reese Avatar
October 9, 2014 at 11:51 PM
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I like to think of this kind of write as thought provoking.
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