Confusion, The Path of Least Resistance
Seventeen and on my own.
The highway soon became my home.
The first of many roads to come.
To mold the person I'd become.
Of all the roads on "Life's Highway"
"Confusion Road" was always straight
in front of me and always ready
to lead me back when I became unsteady.
For many years, this path I chose
Familiar streets, I suppose.
Suddenly it seemed to me
This road was not my destiny.
"Confusion Road" had turned into
my own "Destruction Avenue".
I didn't know when I'd turned off,
I only knew I'd had enough.
I made a move, fate for to cheat,
hoping to land on "Sympathy Street".
"Get back out there", is what I was told.
Soon I was back on "Confusion Road"
"Confusion Road", my comfortable friend,
would now lead me back home again.
With eyes wide open and with much pain
I searched for a road called "Satisfaction Lane".
I searched for years and in my own backyard
I found "Determination Boulevard"
This boulevard would lead the way
to the Crossroads where I am today.
It led me to "Strength and Self-Worth Street"
Showed me happiness was waiting for me.
"Happiness Expressway" would take me to
"Love, Hope and Promise", just to name a few..
I still may venture down "Temptation Trail"
Side roads just waiting for me to unveil.
I'll always be able to find my way home,
by looking back at the many roads I have been on.
This poem was written by ~enyaw~ on Aug 30, 1993.
Responses
39 comments so far.
i liked it. broad thoughts put into simple words and rhyme scheme. nice.
This is so wonderfully creative. I was reading line by line waiting to see where you would end up. I love reading your words. And thank you for taking the time to read mine.
I absolutely love this piece. Like Jennifer said, I found myself drawn in by each line, as if I were traveling down each road, too. I enjoyed the imagery & the brief trip down memory lane. Thank you. :)
i think that your poem is very nice, it tells me alot about what you are and who youve become,
and it also makes me think of the places that youve been, life is just funny like that. i want my life to be funny like that. im going to walk the streets untill someone offers me money for my body. and then ill go somewhere where i can wear boxes instead of clothes, and then ill ggo back to selling my body.
I love this! Wish I had your map while I was traveling this road. Come to think of it, I'm still on Confusion Road. Thanks for the directions!
By the way, this sounds somewhat Dylanesque. Are you a fan?
By the way, this sounds somewhat Dylanesque. Are you a fan?
this poem realy seemed to make me think about, well that my life is the same way
I feel that I can absolutely relate to this poem. I love the way that you've written this in a manner that expresses your life experiences, and yet it's open to the rest of us for interpretation as well.
Our paths must have have crossed.
Wow this is really thought provoking very creative I like it
YOU GOT GOOD WAY OF PUTTING THOUGHTS INTO WORDS!!! VERY REAL!!!
DIDN'T WE ALL GET LOSE EVEN WITH MAPS IN OUR HANDS?
THANKS FOR READING N COMMENTING ON MY WRITTEN PIECES.
this is verry cool!
i like it lots!!
ever take the roed less traveled??
This poem makes me think about all the roads that lead to where I am today..Great write!
Absolutely wonderful poem. Captivating, well written, and very visual. Also tends to remind me of my own childhood. I'm so glad I ran across it, and look forward to reading more of your work.
At least you never tread on Self Pity Alley, which probably would have lead to your downfall. Destruction within ourselves always seems to be the worst, no?
I like it, very good:)
Awesome poem. Every line seems to melt into my very heart and soul.
how creative...It helps me look into my past of snaking, deadly crossroad paths, but it also helps me see my future. I love the way it is expressed and I hope you enjoy the many other wonderful paths to come.
Lol
Alaska
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This is a great poem with a universal appeal. It can relate to the entire human population!
very creative and well-written!
very god poem and very creative i loved it
a road we've all traveled...powerful and well written...
I think im on selfdestruction court, and im just circling the dead end streets. nice write, makes me think about where im heading and where i should be.
very nice! well done
I usually don't like to read many of the longer poems...but this just kept drawing me back in. I love it.
Great job!
Perfection.
ditto to what is said above
wow... this is so cool!!!
This is a ton of comments, I am glad to see people are reading and commenting!!!
Thank you Bob,
My life has been difficult..and if people "really" knew how hard it is for me to open up, then they would really appreciate more, what I am trying to say in each of my poems. I'm sure that the ones who have commented, have probably "been there before". My poems come straight from my "life experiences". Not some made-up jibberish about an insignificant event. Thank you for commenting on my poem, and I know I have been "lax" in commenting myself, but I just have been very busy with my new job. Rest assured, I will soon be back commenting, because I believe it is an important step in the writing process, and when I do comment, it will be the painful truth....
~enyaw~
WOW....
This poem is stupid.
Im sorry i was at someone else
yeah.... that was really deep. . . nice write
wow........i really love it. I thought the ryhme scheme was simple but got the point across.Brilliant!
omg totalyy awsome...a little late on the comment sorry...lol
omg totalyy awsome...a little late on the comment sorry...lol
astig