VJ’s Weekly Challenge: roads – One Woman’s Quest II (onewomansquest.org)
Before this moment,
All roads coalesced into one,
The present, the now.
Then,
Seeing this wall of roads,
I cannot help but ask
Where each road would have, could have
Led.
Different places, people–
Certainly, yes.
The mind swirls,
Possibilities,
A Tilt-A-Whirl—
A daughter lost?
The fetal tissue of a son not lost?
A different daughter born?
A heart not broken by cancer?
All the rewinds and fast forwards
Of a life of lived down different roads
Of different choices made along each way–
All the differences of each win and loss
And every other thing implied by this wall
And dear Robert Frost—
The choices I’ve made
Gave me this now,
This daughter,
For whom I would give my life,
Rather than trade.
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Always happy to share your posts with followers, Annette!
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We can drive ourselves crazy with all the what if’s. In the end, the life we have is always the one meant for us. Good write.
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Welcome Annette!
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The roads we travel Annette, are certainly challenging and unforgiving …
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And the one we’re on often the best after contemplating the alternative outcomes of others!
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