Life's Walkway

Oh, look over there!
There's a button that makes life easy,
wait, what's that? 
There is no easy button! 
Someone forgot to mention,
self-destruct is a straightforward path.
Like a yellow brick road so simple to follow.
Deviation from a path so obvious.
Woe betide the one that takes the easy way out.
No one said it would be clearly marked,
no one said that there would be directions.
Cookie cutters, patterns, all to simple.
Follow in a footstep, follow a tide.
A whirlpool can drown you as fast as life.
Follow the road less traveled.
Make a mark of destination, not a footprint of regret.
 k.chun 2013
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Pettit Avatar
March 25, 2014 at 8:07 PM
Reading this somehow reminded me of the late Charlton Heston pushing the button that detonated the doomsday hyrogen bomb at the end of the film "Beneath the Planet of the Apes". This is quite a descriptive write.
Chun Avatar
March 26, 2014 at 3:13 PM
lol you said that and all I could think of was "boom!"
Scottishhorse Avatar
March 25, 2014 at 7:18 PM
I like the simplicity of this piece!!!!
Chun Avatar
March 26, 2014 at 3:13 PM
thanks David
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