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Left Turns
November 16, 2012
Here's to all the left turns
we put off for drier days;
uphill rain climbs
when I said "stick to the right"
and you said
"why?"
We'l take them all, someday.
Every single one.
We'll explore the
mudslopes in fearless boots
and gifted shoes,
until we've woven through
every turn of every branch
of every fork
of every slope
and mounted the impossible mountains,
and threaded ourselves through the eyes
of sunrises and sunsets.
And maybe,
at the final horizon line,
where the winding roads store their roots,
we'll find ourselves in the same place
we would have been anyway.
© Anna B., Northville, MI
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This article has 6 comments.
PaigeStreet PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 12 2013 at 12:43 am
Thanks!
thatunknownthing DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 9 2013 at 6:52 am
amazing theme. thoughtful, and pretty good, overall. 4/5! :)
PaigeStreet PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 2 2013 at 8:18 pm
Haha, no I think you're totally right. It definitely is a little depressing, but only in the sense that its hard to know what the ultimate outcomes of our actions will be. I don't ever advocate doing nothing, but making choices is sometimes dangerous. And you couldn't be wrong about the meaning- its whatever you think it is!
PaigeStreet PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 13 2013 at 9:09 pm
Thank you!
TaylorWintry DIAMOND said...
on Nov. 27 2012 at 8:01 pm
You say a lot in a little. Being a left-hander, I totally understand (not sure if this is what you meant). Right-handed people ALWAYS go to the right side of everything, and our world is built for the majority. When I drift to the left side of the sidewalk, I get crazy looks, but before I know it, I've got followers trailing me. It's all about trying new things and being a hipster! (: This poem is SUPER symbolic and really means a lot to me. Thanks for writing this. (: Great job! 10/5
