The Road To Something Else

A poem about the over romanticized view of moving on with your life after high school.

The Road To Something Else

This is the road to something else. 

You may ask where it leads, 

But you're only asking yourself.

If your looking for answers

Just look to the mountain range, 

And how the horizon glows.

The lights are all out babe. 

How did we get here?

Nobody knows..

I just want to follow in you're footsteps

And then this will all just make sense. 

We're living a tourist attraction fairytale, 

But I don't care, 

Everything else has become so stale. 

Theres a old fable about us,

How we lost ourselves along the way,

On this road to nowhere

We decided to stay. 

But you know thats just a fabrication,

Just like it always was. 

Without an explanation, 

Or an indication, 

It disappeared. 

Looking back on it I would of done things different, 

But living through it I know I would do it the same…

 

Author's Note

This poem is meant to have that cliched country song feel. I wrote this a few days after I graduated, after hearing so many bad songs about it. I thought it all was over romanticized.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

"Theres a old fable about us,
How we lost ourselves along the way,
On this road to nowhere
We decided to stay. "
I like the description and thoughts in this poem. Life is a wild road. Many right and wrong decisions. Our hope in the end. We had fun and landed on our feet. Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote

[Laura Maidah]

"you're". you are. But you probably know that. It has other SPaG issues. Content is flawless. The last two lines are really terrific. Very profound.

[olla]

nicely done.. there are some grammatical errors.. I never know if it is poetic license or unintentional..

[Celestial Witch Child]

"We're living a tourist attraction fairy tale."
Love it. Very much so. (: Amazing work.