Fork In The Road
At a crossroad that you once stood,
Tried to see as far as you could,
One was blocked beyond a few steps,
You could see little light on the other one, instead,
You made your choice,
In that darkness of the night,
What made you tread the second one?
'Don’t know, it just seemed right'
The two paths were now running parallel from what you could see
What awaits at the end of each - sorrow or glee?
You wonder, as the tracks come closer to each other,
Should you chicken out and move from one to another?
Caught gazing at the bright and abandoned,
You are stopped by a well-wisher and questioned,
"Are you sure you took the right path?
Isn’t that one lit and this one dark?"
Unsure, hesitant, silently you walk,
Devoid of company, to yourself you talk,
'Is the other path truly that bright?'
You tell yourself 'But still, this one just seems right'
As you progress, your dark boulevard glows,
A few more paces and its luster grows,
You continue walking as it just feels right,
Seems like, perhaps you are the brightness of this side
Confused, amazed, you wonder one last time,
'Is this why the path always seemed right?'
Needless to say, you soon realize,
Tried to see as far as you could,
One was blocked beyond a few steps,
You could see little light on the other one, instead,
You made your choice,
In that darkness of the night,
What made you tread the second one?
'Don’t know, it just seemed right'
The two paths were now running parallel from what you could see
What awaits at the end of each - sorrow or glee?
You wonder, as the tracks come closer to each other,
Should you chicken out and move from one to another?
Caught gazing at the bright and abandoned,
You are stopped by a well-wisher and questioned,
"Are you sure you took the right path?
Isn’t that one lit and this one dark?"
Unsure, hesitant, silently you walk,
Devoid of company, to yourself you talk,
'Is the other path truly that bright?'
You tell yourself 'But still, this one just seems right'
As you progress, your dark boulevard glows,
A few more paces and its luster grows,
You continue walking as it just feels right,
Seems like, perhaps you are the brightness of this side
Confused, amazed, you wonder one last time,
'Is this why the path always seemed right?'
Needless to say, you soon realize,
The path was lit just for you… and you were its light!
10 comments:
Sometimes its the light that warns you away, sometimes its the light that draws u close. The trick is telling them apart. :-)
Thanks to Rohini for reminding me.
Clarification - This is original work and I am not quoting anyone here :)
kadak! The 80-20 rule again...the last 20% of the poem makes for 80% of the impact :) good show...
take a bow, lady :)
Hail Ms Arora!!!
Awesome stuff yaar, I am quite inspired...
looking forward to many more such poetic thoughts.
:)
Thank u all :-)
Wow! Terrific! For me its 100-0 rule... I read all of them at once and all seem progressively good :)
Very nice poetry... keep it up!
Hey thanx Navin... :-)
And wow Swaggy comment from you :D yeyy!! Thnx!
nicely done!
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