Wednesday 9 November 2016

POETS UNITED - PATH

“Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.” - FriedrichNietzsche

In the Midweek Motif this week, Poets United has the theme of “Path”. Contributors are requested to produce a poem that explores this theme.
Here is my poem:

The Path

We make our own path in life as we walk it,
And it will lead us where our heart desires;
Once the first step is taken, the die is cast
And we walk on until our lamp expires.

We trudge through desert and through jungle,
Our goal forever shining far ahead;
It takes all of our courage, strength, tenacity
To onward march, and firmly tread.

The risks are many, dangers lurk,
So many easier roads lead from our goal away.
With purpose and determination we choose
The rocky, winding path on which we stay.

Many we’ll meet who try to tempt us
With easy words, fool’s gold and false rewards;
Our goal obscured, the forest dark,
The night long, and yet we march towards
What in our heart we know is right and true.

We make our own path in life as we walk it,
And what we hope is that at its end
We find kindred spirits, sister souls, our meed;
For in that blessed place, eternity we’ll spend
And revel in a world all bright and new.

16 comments:

  1. Finding kindred spirits makes the trudge along the rocky path worth while. I enjoyed this poem.

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  2. walk on till our lamp expires... nicely said.

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  3. A poem pertinent to these difficult times we are living in. Our world is changing rapidly and there are many who want to mislead us and make us stray from our true path with promises of "fool's gold and false rewards". A rocky, difficult path that we forge through impassable terrain is the road of virtue and this is the one that we must follow to reap our "meed" (I had to look it up, but what a wonderful word!). Excellent write! Thank you, Nicholas.

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  4. easier roads are great temptations indeed...kindred spirits inspire and true joys in this life adventure. ...very well put....

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  5. This is such a wise and profound write. Indeed, we tend to weave our own path as we struggle through life and its difficulties.

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  6. How lovely! The struggle of the path is clear here, but with a lilt that makes it more than tolerable. I believe I will whistle this tune and its images to help me through this day. Thank you.

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  8. Right now I'm not sure I have either the strength or the courage to keep moving ahead, but your poem is pointing me in that direction...

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  9. I think you have made some good points here, and I will take them into consideration. I like the idea that we make our own path as we walk it, that it wasn't there before we began to forge it.

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  10. It is of course left to our own judgement whether to take to straight and narroww or the road less travelled. Neither are right or wrong it is how we react to them that is the important decision. What a great poem this is.

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  11. Beautiful words of wisdom.

    We being are lucky to choose our path .
    This fredom of choice brings lots of responsibility.
    Responsibility to survive this journey with grace and dignity and to remove thorns from it to make it easy for others

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  12. Beautiful words of wisdom.

    We being are lucky to choose our path .
    This fredom of choice brings lots of responsibility.
    Responsibility to survive this journey with grace and dignity and to remove thorns from it to make it easy for others

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  13. Love this poem, Nicholas. A line that really touched me is, 'and we walk on until our lamp expires.' such a soft phrase.

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  14. A very philosophical poem with a lot of wisdom and yes we do need to meet kindred spirits and sister souls

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