Detour Poems - Poems about Detour

I am blessed to have many skills but navigation isn't one of them! But, I do learn a bit more every time I get lost somewhere. Navigation is important. If we don't know where we are, we can't find our way back to safety or know if the new horizon is the correct path for our...

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Afloat in a river of stars, Ecstasy knits the raft of thoughts, A destination is what I seek, Sailing away mindlessly, expecting the waters to speak. The water calmly paves the way ahead, As the fog of disturbance clears. Hesitation takes bravery’s stead, A detour that feeds on our fears. Darkness fills the air, It shadows the glorious sheen. The magnificent aurora- my trail ahead, Now...

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No road left to take Hold on, keep going strong There's way out to make....

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Trapped in meaningless whirling thoughts Boundaries draped around the body Unsaid words confined in laughing gear Dread sentiment flowing in breadbasket Trembling uncertainty waving inside the stump Sealed in anticipation of a utopian epoch... ...

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Her mother gave her the swit name beloved She is dark and pretty with a smile that Leaves many smitten fantasizing in secrecy She has a face I can read and am prying Into her thoughts with a subtlety yet I know She can percieve my psychic drone of thots I try to drown her fay mind with emotive vibes She is...

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Going awol when needed the most Choosing truancy an uncaring ghost Stealing my voice In your offhanded way Invalidating the least little thing I might say or twist it untill the true meaning gave way And when you discovered I would not break there was no route too low to take A monstrous ego fed at my expense the kick at my lowest...

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Like minded pathos personification guild elucidation...

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Detour in the road - keep left; An unexpected fork Took us on a wooded journey. We were somewhere in New York. We likely chose the way that was The one that was mistaken, So here we are, an hour later, Feeling quite forsaken. A stream of cars ahead of us And equally behind, All inching on except for those With U-turns in their mind. A mile...

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Ageing means no turning back the clock And the road ahead is an uncertain path Upside is you can drive a chair that rock Shriek streak freak rambling psychopath Reedited: 2:27 p.m. 4/1/2021 ...

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sixth of six children my parents conceived I was second to survive written 26 Aug 2020...

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"You don't belong here!" They said. They doubted the authenticity Of my identity. Black night bade me come in, Provided I sang a song. Paroxysms of regret filled my song; The monotonous song from my ektara. It was a parody of how the sun rises; And zoetropically sets. To unveil the black night. It felt as...

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Journey starts Journey ends Start with heart Round the bend Purpose arts Purpose trends End with start Spark fond end Passion flings Passion gains Stretch each spring Mark feel plain Detour here Detour there Now seed cheer End nowhere Leon Enriquez 28 August 2019 Singapore...

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Tim was a poet but lost for words as he pondered the meaning of the cross Sat by the road side of his inner world and wondered which way to proceed His bones were weary his skin was parched the soul spired in lost ground He was confused for left and right up down and across or around...

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Like a child losing eye-spy something beginning with a... perhaps... No... No ! i lie... that thing with a 'P' - the past... it's not at all dark and distant dreaming they just change the target - it's not what its seeming, "Look... look - they got me / they shot me." Last year, right now or in the morning...

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Apt that sure tell as trouble brews: Time for brave heart to dare face fate, Escape from hell of fiery stew; Leap with swift start to reach the gate, Live the harsh turn of vicious pain; Inch by inch move with courage grand, Now bear harsh burn to seek new gains; Glimpse yet deep grooves as mindset trends. Drill feisty wit as humour...

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