Monday, April 13, 2015

The unfamiliar path

The bramble overflowing,
undergrowth abloom
but a hint of a path
one long abandoned.

Left to grow fallow.
Forgotten, up the bank,
out into the wood
away from my home.

Life that unknown journey,
maybe a hidden rock wall,
the unfamiliar path before me
calling me forward, out into the world.

The unspoiled path into the wood
calling, beckoning me on
to move from my comfort
out into the unknown.

The whisper on the wind
a shiver at my back,
yet a call echoing within me
to turn and not look back.

Venturing forth, yet uncertain,
not knowing yet the way;
needing the Spirit to guide me
each and every day.

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new name/edited April 13, 2015
The unfamilier path

(editing “The untrod path”)
new name/edited April 11, 2015
The unused path
(editing “The untrod path”)
new name/ edited April 7, 2015
the forgotten way
edited April 7, 2015
The untrod path – v2
March 5, 2012
The untrod path
earlier poem, “The yellow canopy”
November 9, 2011
&
first stanza written as the poem “The Road Not Taken”,
by Robert Frost was being read,
written at Poet’s Corner
monthly poetry readings
Suncook Senior Center
March 5, 2012
&
“The Road Not Taken”,
by Robert Frost
Poet’s Corner
monthly poetry readings
Suncook Senior Center
November 7, 2011

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