Keola - Free Verse

Keola – Free Verse Crossroads Converge Robert Frost TWO ROADS crossed paths – DIVERGED IN A crossroads YELLOW WOOD AND I felt the binding turning points Bound up on fiery indecision of whispering bellows Take the smooth byway that beckoned – The easy thoroughfare of compromising positions – Or A narrower way, a dusty avenue of overgrown ambivalence, A rough path cobbled with pacing anxiety Tread this indolent valley’s vacillation Slightly overgrown with luring curiosity begging for attention. I TOOK this invitation THE ONE with scattered isolated footprints LESS TRAVELED BY hasty choices AND the one THAT sang In baritone vibrations of either or – That HAS promises of reconciliation in quiet meditations MADE upon this parallel path – ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE beneath the serenity of arching boughs And songbirds cooing in cool glens, scented leaves fluttering, Resting in consolation’s life - The consummation of white fire. 1-21-22 Contest: Keola Secret Sponsor: William Kekaula