The leader

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I have chosen to take the path less travelled and it has made all the difference.  Peace everybody.

The leader

There is a turning point for everyone. 
Where one no longer follows the straight and narrow.
Here is where growth usually develops.
That turning point may be a forked road
that the traveler has passed by many times;
but today, he has a notion to find out where
 the other road goes.

Many a life has changed because of an inner need for excitement.
That which is "normal" in every passing day
soon becomes bland and very then boring.
So let us ask what makes it happy?
Is it the small shiver
that is preceeeded by the memory
of what has passed between lovers the night before;
or the smile that comes with the recognition of an old friend?
or maybe the surpise of a wink or whistle?

Yet, one must challenge to proceed!
Even if the challenge may be a simple one.
The adventurer knows that without challenge
 there is only sameness.
Same is simple and simple is boring,
which leads him back to having to deal with monotony
or finding a turning point in an effort to change
even the smallest things.

Some get lost along the way,
some always will.
Even though lost they may be,
when they are asked if they would change a thing
they never say yes.

Words play games as they have for centuries,
but without words there would be no opporunity
 for the telling of adventures
 and the sharing of likenesses
 which is very important to mankinds life.

The traveler may take both roads,
the adventurer may take only one,
but the leader long ago 
cut the trails
so we would have  choice.

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NenaT commented on The leader

09-08-2009

And did the leader cut the trails so that we may learn something about ourselves? Was the choice for us, or for him/her? I agree with StandingBear, great creativity.

wheelsal commented on The leader

08-25-2009

HMMM, I'm thinking. Your rewrote less traveled and I like it. Have to think which way I like to go. Great write. Sally

ginga commented on The leader

08-24-2009

tempest An interesting observation of the trail systems including weaving of your thoughts throughout this poem are superb. ginga

laydbak1 commented on The leader

08-11-2009

Ah, but it's the traveler who takes the familiar path, the adventurer who explores all paths... But, so true it is, only the leader forges the first trails untread by others... I liked this line, "Even though lost they may be, when they are asked if they would change a thing, they never say yes...." How many times we've all heart that - from a bored person in facade of their real lives...??? lol... Good write..

Tempestlady

08/11/2009

Interesting take on this. Thanks for reading.

StandingBear commented on The leader

07-10-2009

Great creativity to point out there was a leader first whom prepared the paths folks travel. Great write.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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