Monday, November 24, 2014

The Long Way






THE LONG WAY


Today, the road is muddy,
Rutted.

I recall it smooth, 
But was it?

Always there were stones.
I bear them in my flesh. 

See the blue 
Under ropey skin?

That's hope I carry with me.
Who says you can't go home?



Photo prompt @magpietales.blogspot.com
Thanks, Tess!


6 comments:

  1. I like the laser - blue colored hope that courses through your veins ...

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  2. Nobody said we can't! A lovely flow to your words.

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  3. No, the road was never smooth. Yet, here we are...

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  4. I was on a country road once, dirt, I was near choked by the grader ahead of me smoothing out that road, damned if i didn't fine myself on the same road after a couple months of rain and heat and the thing was just plain uncomfortable to walk on. I built a pocket in my knees for holding all of the stones (easier to gather that way) and the hope, nope, that's all in my knotty head.

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  5. Wonderful write, full of wisdom! xo

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