Poetic Asides(PA) prompt for today is to write a poem based on another one. I have chosen “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost.
The Road Paved in Gold
I walk through life’s forest
one step at a time
angelic trees reach on high
so I may see the light,
flowing currents trickling by
my stream of consciousness.
Sometimes I trip
on tangled bramble,
I fall down, get lost and confused.
Dark shadows, twisted paths;
I know not which way to move.
Indecision is a leaf is a whisper
~floating without recourse~
until it lands right next to me.
My eyes follow the path it has taken,
up
up
up
I’m on shaky knees,
the path before me a cake walk
immediate gratification
sweet temptation.
The other trail
foggy, uncertain
my feet are all I see.
Faith is a road paved in gold,
paved to heaven.
I take that road to You
one step at a time.
4 comments:
Awesome accomplishment with the prompt ... you hooked me from the beginning to the end ... especially when I envisioned
"angelic trees" ... and it truly is "one step at a time!". Thank you for visiting ~~ becca
What a wonderful poem. I really enjoyed it.
And I also enjoyed the limerick you submitted to my latest Limerick-Off. So happy that you're participating!
Thank you both!
Mad- I love participating in your Limerick-Offs!
~laurie
What a wonderful response to the inspiration of one of Frost's poems, one of my two favourites!
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