I traveled on

Two roads diverged ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦
And ¦¦¦¦¦ I could not travel both
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ I stood
And looked down one ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦
To where it bent ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦

Then took the other, ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ perhaps ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
Because it was grassy ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦

And ¦¦¦¦ that morning ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦
In leaves no step had trodden ¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ I kept ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ for another day!
Yet knowing how ¦¦¦ leads on ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
Two roads diverged ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦
I ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ traveled by,
And that ¦¦¦ made all the difference.


(Blackout of ) The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
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July 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Cool interpretation in this black out.
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July 10, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Thank you To me, it was one those poems where you see something and then you have to do a doubletake to make sure of what you are seeing is really there.
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