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Bonfire Maze
I think that Life's way is well illuminated
Go ahead and ask the flames
where your walk is headed
My path is built of shame and memories
that have gone wasted
Now I look ahead
since what lies behind
has already faded
Burned fingertips that graze the edges
Just me and my empty box of matches.
Go ahead and ask the flames
where your walk is headed
My path is built of shame and memories
that have gone wasted
Now I look ahead
since what lies behind
has already faded
Burned fingertips that graze the edges
Just me and my empty box of matches.
Published 19th Jul 2021
Author's Note
As Kierkegaard said, "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."
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19th Jul 2021 12:21pm
19th Jul 2021 1:31pm
19th Jul 2021 10:57pm
Dear P,
I really liked the closing stanza of this poem. It caught me off guard a bit in trying as of late to recall the past in order to not repeat it in the present as well as the future. Who knows how it will turn out but I appreciate the message throughout your write. A lot. H🌷
I really liked the closing stanza of this poem. It caught me off guard a bit in trying as of late to recall the past in order to not repeat it in the present as well as the future. Who knows how it will turn out but I appreciate the message throughout your write. A lot. H🌷
8th Aug 2021 5:16pm
Love the K-man!
That last line and you holding the box of matches was a great sequence!
That last line and you holding the box of matches was a great sequence!
