Jo Bien Poet Classicism

The Prodigal Path

through the fire and through the rain
I walk down this same old street again
the heat off the street is all that greets me
I feel it all cause I'm running on empty

ask me the questions, I'll give you the reasons
I've been stuck in this rain forest for many a season
there's a glimmer of hope as the sun breaks the clouds
I'm living in the present, the here and the now

I'll meet you half way though the trail is long
I don't care what they say about right and wrong
the prodigal path is the truest by far
that is how we got to where we are

there isn't a score that we need to settle
dew reflects softly on every petal
once more through the fire, once more through the rain
with nothing to lose, but everything to gain

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John Loving Iii June 21, 2010 at 3:55 PM the use of your gift still amazes me. your thought and insight and ability to put it in poetic phrases is a thing most poets want but only a few have. i keep you in mind as i look for poets to read because i know that it's the quality and not the quantity that counts. i use to refer to it as "the fire". please accept my highest compliments for you wonderful work. John Henry Loving III

Michael J. Falotico June 21, 2010 at 6:39 AM Always a wonderful read from you... well written and a deep poem... Michael