Change of Life
My life has lately taken a divergent path,
I have taken a fresh road,
far from the impassioned wanders of my youth.
Today I look for the truth,
not the sated feeling,
which once sent my senses reeling.
I paid the cost,
with many years lost,
for my pander locked in amber.
© 4 hours ago, Terence Cummings Smith
Categories:
divergent, life,
Form: Rhyme
I live the world trying
to modify the impossible,
until one day
possible be!
Categories:
divergent, adventure, allegory, allusion, metaphor,
Form: Light Verse
What makes two siblings or two friends,
With lives not quite emergent,
Choose two paths that lead to places
Totally divergent?
For their growing up together,
Though it surely forms a link,
Doesn’t guarantee a future
Quite as close as you might think.
Unlike branches on a tree trunk,
Those connected when they’re young
Are like seed pods which a whirlwind,
In its haste, has wildly flung.
So they end up living far from
Those for whom they strongly cared,
Never dreaming how lives differ
From the one they once had shared.
Categories:
divergent, life,
Form: Rhyme
For Linda-Marie's "Journey Back In Time.' Style: Nonet
In youth the road less traveled called me;
fame and money held no allure.
There were mountains to conquer,
youthful legs and ideals
needing exercise.
The plan was tough
and I not
up to
task.
Spring, a time of many emotions
distractions were rampant, and bright.
But careers are forever.
The hormones were flowing;
desire calling me.
Making money
critical
at that
time.
And so I chose to take normal paths;
settle for the low hanging fruit,
and labor was just labor
without love or purpose;
without fulfillment,
without a dream
worth chasing;
to live
for.
Categories:
divergent, work
Form: Nonet