Unexpected Alternative -- Peter Marie's Poetry Blitz #4

in poetry •  6 years ago 

Unexpected Alternative

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The path was sure
Or so I thought,
A perfect match for me.
Clean and secure
And free from fault
As far as I could see

The journey set,
The plan laid out,
And all things thus prepared,
I’d made a start
When with a start,
Another path appeared.

Rocky and rough,
Brambled and thorned,
It seemed a choice absurd.
Yet it drew me
I felt an urge
And down this path I trod.

Could this be love?
Insanity?
Or are they both the same?
Is it a trick?
Naïveté?
Or lust’s coy cruel game?

I can’t turn back
I don’t want to!
The thought I just can’t bear;
To leave my love
Newfound, no doubt,
But now to me quite dear.

Why did I choose
To come this way?
I still have no idea.
I guess the heart
Wants what it wants
And knows its fated pair.


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Well penned, @petermarie!

I couldn't help thinking about Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken."

Loved the rhythm, specially in these lines:

I can’t turn back
I don’t want to!
The thought I just can’t bear;
To leave my love
Newfound, no doubt,
But now to me quite dear.

A song! ♥

Thank you very much, Marlyn!
I have found most persons love this poem more than others of mine... Perhaps it resonates with something deep in everyone's heart.
Thanks for reading. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 😄

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