a muddled motorist questioning menopausal overtake ,
tongue tunefully straying !
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • October 5–11, 2026)
I'm keenly aware
As I step to explore
The common option
That is no more
I sense a push
Down deep in my gut
The comfort calls
From within the old rut
No, no, I got out
And I'm moving on
I know I won't get what I got
The old way is gone
I feel my shoulders tense
There's time to go back
What lies ahead
Can only be more lack
Courage builds
As I steady my stride
Life never gets better
For the soul that hides
...in quicksand
Written by Trudy Schrader on 10-01-2026
CHEMIN FAISANT
With every season I strove to stay on the lit path.
I tried the best I could, expectantly; at least I thought so.
Synclines and anticlines, chemin faisant, the Prize forefront.
I knew He went before, to light up the Way.
With smiles, groans modulating the smiles, I did follow.
The secrets of the Saints I wished I knew, for reassurance.
Some gains, loss at their heels; yet pressing on, quite determined.
I knew that by His grace I’d keep to His Way.
Swerving from pesky promptings,
I chose ma Verite´ et mon Chemin, la Vie pour moi.
The lit path, His very Way;
Net forward trudge along the perfect highway.
Le Prix; chemin faisant, el premio es el Sen~or.
He’s Love; He doesn’t fail; ecce *****who shows me the Way.
His arms outstretched for me; welcoming me with holy embrace.
Lucid invitation, nudge to embrace Grace.
Car nul ne vient la? que par Lui; gaping gate on Easter morn.
Slowed by the plod, yet heart pounding, and empowered by His Grace;
Gleefully, I made it there by following His Way.
The Perfection Way.
Very certain of his confession,
But unsure of his destination.
There's a fork in the road.
Indecision is not an option.
Some things can be estimated.
Some other things must be exact.
The consequences of things estimated
Are tolerable and even forgivable.
Things that require exacting
Have no room for dismissing.
Truth is not mine to define or decide.
Here or there is not where truth reside.
There is no 'Your truth'.
There is no 'My truth'.
Think you know where you want to go?
The 'How' of getting there; Do you really know?
The Road You Take
Happiness is not out here
grabbing us today,
saying stuff like,
“Today is going to be your day.”
Everything that’s happening now,
you might have to fight.
A lot more worries
while trying to sleep good at night.
Always take precautions—
no more personal defeat.
It’s a tough world to live
and work in these streets.
This end-of-life theory
is not for the weak,
so stop making bad choices
as we speak.
Consequences are going to respond
to everything you do.
There’s no multiple-choice answer—
you can’t pick or choose.
You have to be careful
about what road to take,
because at the end of the night,
it just might be too late.
By:MelvinJohnson2025
ON THIS ROAD
On this road
That never shows
Direction signs
But overgrowth
Pavement cracked
This weathered track
Years of rain
And winter's snow
So death has come
Spread his wings
Forever dark
With dying things
They can't be named
For they have changed
What they are
Is what remains
They slither through
The underbrush
They dig their holes
The eath's dry crust
Creep and cry
In shadows lie
To lick their wounds
Of blistered puss
They run and hide
Weeds grown high
In watch, in wait
A passerby
Eyes betray
What words wont say
They've grown to hate
Their self disgust
On the road key lime, full moon kindling;
Green light deep dark wood graphite;
Before the rain red rock desert prickly pear;
Full moon kindling On the road keylime
8/20/26
Will you remember
your
routes
trafficking
among the
self-driving cars?
I step on the road once again.
The moment I walk,
The music of the past,
The twisted black hole
Swallows me whole,
I step on the road once again.
The moment I walk,
The music of the past,
The twisted black hole
Now spits me back out.
Neither the past nor the present,
I am walking this very moment.
there IS a LONG SILVER ROAD
and it leads to No Where
No where is the goal
a place just South of Somewhere
Though it's not on any given map
To get there you have to relax
There are no speed traps
No place to pull over, when tired you take a nap
It's a long drive 7 times 70 hours
Fill up the tank and stay awake
The long silver road leads to_____________________???
8/27/26
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2026©
A Man Chained by Vices
He is lost on a long road with no turns.
He doesn't move forward to find,
freedom from his addiction.
He doesn't look back to know
why he is shackled to his vices.
Instead, he sits still wondering when he will be struck by ecstasy again.
Chained to the sidewalk, he waits near the cold road,
helpless like a newborn child that can walk.
He looks up to an unforgiving winter.
Praying salvation wash over him.
Rain on the road
The bus stops beside a flooded lane. Children step around the puddles as if they are crossing small oceans.
monsoon afternoon
a paper boat survives
the passing wheels
Automobiles and dwellers, both got a life.
Easy and haughty from the glimpse of sight.
Cars greet one another apprehending a horn Wading through the motion of life.
This is what one say an eye for an eye.
I, the oldest, bristled With the tales.
With ardour in each other full of faith.
Countenance on vehicles and dwellers prevails.
Awful the situation is to exhale.
Tears from the sky, Dawn from the sun.
Cry for the reaproachful Situation at burn.
Shoddy lives ,those susceptible To the nature.I feed in the glance of dreariness of the life.
River to the sea
long road to that better land,
who knows what we'll find
On starry, moonlit nights
Or those pitch black ...
These are the roads ...
I drive forth and back
My tailights and headlights
Go rolling through the mist,
Scattering newly dead leaves
With a turn of my wrist
Fenders ruffle the wildflowers
That grow high by summer's end,
Brushing them with wind ...
As I go sailing 'round the bend
The fog through my fingers flows
Cool, damp almost eerie to feel,
Sends a shiver along my bones
With one hand on the wheel
Time, it disappears out here
Old songs on the radio,
All around spin tones of gray
Driving as fast as she can go
Between midnight and morning
A lonesome hour for some,
Here you'll find an empty seat
If another soul wants to come.
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