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Fork In the Road

March 29, 2010
By camille_1441 PLATINUM, Westerville, Ohio
camille_1441 PLATINUM, Westerville, Ohio
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I’ve been heading down a steady path,
A one way street, no need for maps,
Don’t need a compass to lead my heart
Don’t need any graphs when I’ve got the heart
But then there’s a fork in the road

That fork in the road leads to places unknown
Never have ventured so hard from my home
And then I’m looking at path after path
Two choices, but I can’t do the math
Because of that fork in the road

It’s too easy to only have one path to choose
One highway to run on with nothing to loose
To just keep taking things as they come
But if turn back I can always go home
And forget about that fork in the road

Right now the road is winding
Twisting around my future un binding
I don’t really need a reminding
That the difficulties life hand me start to feel like a load
I can handle it
When I get to the fork in the road


The author's comments:
this one is kinda special to me, it's got a specific meaning but I'd like my readers to take what they please from it instead of me saying what it directly means

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sonJaNae said...
on Sep. 28 2012 at 8:15 pm
sonJaNae, Fort Wainwright, Alaska
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Favorite Quote:
"No one can change a person, but someone can be a person's reason to change" -Spongebob Squarepants

I like that first of all this is very well written and creative, but love that there's room for the imagination and it's the type of poem that can have a million different meanings! :)

on Jun. 16 2010 at 8:20 am
Egyptiangirl13 GOLD, Kansas City, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
\"either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. -Benjamin Franklin

\"If columbus would have turned back, no one would have blamed him. No one would have remembered him either.\"

\"If music be the food of love, play on.\"

wow!!!! this is sooooooo good i love the metaphor!!! you used the clasic mataphor of a road twisting and turning (etc.) and made it your own!!!! Please check out some of my work!!!

on May. 12 2010 at 9:04 pm
Chibbie1 PLATINUM, Atlanta, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
Reach for the the moon for if you fail you land amongst the stars :)

its like the poem shows the conflict between what is actually the right thing to do even if it seems wrong at first... i really like it and thanks for the comment keep it up