I have reached a crucial intersection
I call mine
Time has been a friend to me
It’s all I own
The sadness we perceive, can always change
Enjoying familiar faces
Seems sometimes I have nothing new to say,
it becomes camouflaged
I follow the itinerary of this road, crossroads form,
which way to turn
As the creases are left, never right, ahead lies the destruction,
have I gone too far?
We place sparrows in the sunsets and watch as they fly
While happiness and sadness run streams — paralleled
You have everything that is needed,
before you make a wrong turn,
blue jays … circle
Listen to the crows sing their song …
Red Wolf Journal Spring 2014, and a fresh start
10 years ago
Full of feeling. Maybe the wrong turns turn out to be right ones. Or at least inevitable wrong turns.
ReplyDelete"happiness and sadness run streams — paralleled" is life!
ReplyDeletePamela, there are so many thoughts in this poem, and an undercurrent of sadness.
ReplyDelete"Seems sometimes I have nothing new to say,
it becomes camouflaged" - on occasion I have felt that way, and then amazingly, a unique twist occurs. And it is true one only owns time, and then...for how long.
Pamela, I like this poem. The feelings come through clearly and they are the ones of the crossroad experience. I agree that we only own time, and our choices are most often aimed at how to fill that time, I like that you filled yours with birds and their colors.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
Irene,
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly how life goes.
I have been emotional lately.
Pamela
It certainly is Derrick.
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Mary, yes there is. And it is all we own.
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Elizabeth, thanks and I am glad to hear you are back at home.
ReplyDeletePamela
love that place sparrows in sunsets line!
ReplyDeleteI may have to borrow that thought that the something new to say is camoflauged.
Barb, at times it does seem as if what I say is camouflaged. I am wishing you a splendid birthday and many more. And thanks.
ReplyDeletePamela
So many thoughts and wonderful phrases...!
ReplyDeletemirror at crossroads
Gautami,
ReplyDeleteThanks for that.
Pamela
well done,
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful and I love how full of birds it is. I especially love "you have everything that is needed" and "listen to the crows sing their song." Lovely, Pamela!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Jingle.
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Sherry, I love birds, thanks for the nice comment.
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