your dose of prose: pathways

A poem a day to keep brain rot away

Join me as I attempt to create a poem a day... whether awesome, bawdy, corny, dreadful, entertaining, fabulous, gross or hilariously hokey, I will try to string together everything from couplets to limericks - just for the fun of fiddling with words!

May 3rd, 2012

Today is quite a special day. I have actually reached the one year mark. I posted my first poem on May 3^rd, 2011. I have had a great time doing this. It has basically become a habit and I don’t really want to stop. So, I am going to continue this thread because I have enjoyed it so much. It’s true that most of the poems were terrible. Some were good (or at least I thought so!) but mostly they were a reflection of something I either saw that day, thought of, felt or heard. In any case, I hope you have enjoyed the ride as much as I have. Here’s to letting the word out – come what may!

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Pathways

So long ago I found
A gentle path to follow
But then I lost my way
And felt my soul get hollow

I'm doing my best to remember
Just how I found that way
But I've strayed so far that now
All paths look mostly grey

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Orphan Girl

How far from grace can a person fall
Knowing that you once had it all
But choosing always the meanest route
Dwelling within the refuse shute
Making choices you know will fail
Lying, cheating, hoping for bail
Your learning curve stunted now
Your life on earth a shattered vow
Yet through it all you're still loved
As long as you accept God above

Monday, July 29, 2013

Eyes Open

Long ago I looked
At what I might turn out to be
And there I saw a shadow
Of a person just like me

A watery silhouette
Of potential coalescing
A smokey, hazy being
On the edge of slowly morphing

Today I looked again
And quite to my dismay
The shadow had solidified
Into a deeper shade of grey

Potential had seeped away
Into the apathy of youth
And with sudden understanding
I witnessed the naked truth