Labyrinthine

LABYRINTHINE Life took me to winding roads, twisting streets, sharp abrupt turns, dead-end alleys finding myself rambling with no direction or just wandering the labyrinthine streets and alleys of my life. There were times I had mountains, hills to climb afraid or just go through the valley lost, alone. Like the periods of depression I had to go through for the labyrinthine plots of my life were complex. Yes, so complicated, convoluted that there were many times I thought of just leaving everything I had and everybody I love to escape my tortuous life and start again; start fresh where nobody knows me. Vivid thoughts of just packing a suit case with minimal belongings, parking and leaving my car at the airport, flying to Europe and finding an abbey, where nuns could take me in to stay in exchange of my services. I just wanted a simple, plain, easy life and nothing to care about and maybe helping clean the abbey for meals and a place to stay would be sufficient. Funny thing is I do not like cleaning, never like it. But I could not leave my responsibilities for myself and my children and I continued on going forward the pathways with all the twists and turns I had to go through to find the center of my own labyrinth. 12/27/21 Submitted A Strand (Dec 26) Poetry Brian Strand 9/15/21 "L" Contest New Or Old Poetry Constance La France