The Worn Road

Some walk the road up hill
Some pay others to carry them
Some sit by the wayside
listening to travelers' tales
Dreaming of sliding down hillside sunlight
Some walk backward in their yesterdays
And then there are the dancing fools
Laughing in their bring it on euphoria
The running ever running dedicated to see all
Can't wait to let the tea steep
pass by with not even a wave
Then come the booth builders
Trained by the toll collectors
And always come the free
Walking through the parting crowd
Smiling
Spinning smoked glass mirrors
For the occasional eclipse
Or maybe
Just for needed laughter

Reviews

[Sourav]

Lovely! Wonderful depiction!

[Ken Simm.]

Leading gently up to a lovely ending. What they all should be.

[Pete Langley]

I`m not gonna read the reviews beforehand, because I want this to be purely my thoughts. I`ve been on this site since mid Feb waiting for something to blow my socks off...and now I`ve got to walk home barefoot. This is bright, clean insight delivered with sharp observation uncluttered by excess. P.

[Donald Meikle]

Thanks Pete keep writin'

[emmajoy]

'The Worn Road', what a great yet simple title for a poem; and, then of course, there are the wonderfully profound words and varied thoughts. People react to and cope with life's trials in such different ways - you've included most i can think off

Your final lines reached into my mind .. 'And always come the free ~ Walking through the parting crowd ~ Smiling ~ Spinning smoked glass mirrors ~ For the occasional eclipse ~ Or maybe ~ Just for needed laughter'

[Donald Meikle]

sometimes you just have to laugh Em

[An Ordinary Woman]

we journey on for each his own reasons I suppose... Mine I am not often sure of even after I get there. Maybe it is the journey itself rather than the destination? Or perhaps to chance upon a lovely well thought poem. That alone would be reason enough. :)

[Sel Whiteley]

This is brilliant, you paint all those people brilliantly, those who face their struggle head-on with determination but without laughter; those who pay others to help them; those who 'walk backwards through their yesterdays,' what a beautiful turn of phrase and all the others. ALso, the beautiful vision of those who face life with euphoria, with laughter even at the darkest moments:

'And then there are the dancing fools,
laughing in their bring-it-on euphoria,
the running ever running dedicated to see all'

You summarise all these different philosophies in people so succinctly, brilliant!

[deeps]

I like this, it tells it how it is, very well said.