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Into the woods

Taking a path, I'd seldom trod,

stumbling over rocks and logs,

a clumsy sod.

 

Wandering lonely, no way through,

exits barred by swollen streams,

and fallen yews.

 

Plagued by frustration and by doubt,

seeking solutions in a pathless wood,

with no way out.

 

I looked to the sky to see what to do,

Beseeching heaven, as the woods closed in,

and I didn't have a clue.

 

No paths remained to travel on,

so, I beat a path from whence I'd come,

before light had gone.

 

A lonely, empty, fruitless quest,

a dead-end journey,

like all the rest...

 

 

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Matilda Simakaj

Mon 22nd May 2023 08:20

A beautiful poem that gives me a notion of how predictable we have made life. Walking the same paths and refusing to vision another is like seeing dead leaves of a autumn afternoon. I would love a poem written by you about the beauty of the unknown path!

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John Botterill

Wed 26th Apr 2023 08:21

Thanks so much MC 😀

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 25th Apr 2023 19:48

Enjoyable in its own right. With a neat pay-off to boot!

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John Botterill

Tue 25th Apr 2023 15:31

Good spot, Manish! If you know of any good publishers let them know and tell them I am inexpensive. Haha. 😂

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Manish Singh Rajput

Tue 25th Apr 2023 12:10

I knew it! I was gonna comment about me feeling 'The Road Not Taken' vibes from this. Thus, I said about it being the textbook potential, besides the masterpiece.

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John Botterill

Tue 25th Apr 2023 11:33

Thanks so much for your comments, Stephen. It's a bold claim, but, yes, 'Into the Woods' does sum everything up! 😂😂
I was thinking about 'The road not taken' and then I found myself boxed in. 😀

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 25th Apr 2023 07:35

How does the saying go, John - It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive? Those people who didn't quite make it to the top of Everest still would not have missed the experience. Perhaps you have captured all our lives in this one poem!

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John Botterill

Mon 24th Apr 2023 18:25

Thanks so much, Manish. That is so kind of you 😀

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Manish Singh Rajput

Mon 24th Apr 2023 15:25

This poem has all the potential to be printed in a textbook John. Beautifully written and very gripping. Loved it!

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