A Galton Board
What's Going On invites us to write about 'The Journey'.
I was in a reflective mood.
Serendipity
As you ramble on through life, Brother, whatever be your goal,
Keep your eye upon the doughnut, and not upon the hole.
Is it a journey
If you have no idea
Where you are going?
Is a destination,
A place to aim for—
Is it mandatory?
Must you have one
For it to qualify
As a true journey?
What if you step out
With no end in mind?
Is it still a journey?
Yes, certainly, university
Was a stop-off, a way station,
But beyond that—
A thousand possibilities
In the Galton Board
Of life.
What, I wonder,
Is the collective noun,
For journeys not taken?
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I loved your reflective poem Cosmo I think the journey is the important part Destination or not. Oh and the might-have-beens of journeys not taken
ReplyDeleteI love the summing up of these questions: "What, I wonder,
ReplyDeleteIs the collective noun,
For journeys not taken?
I wonder, sometimes, the same about mine, though I always felt led--or pushed--somehow. Good poem!
I loved this take on the prompt......,ine was a serendipitous, unintended journey with quite possibly assistance from spirit guides, frustrated at my incompetence. LOL. Nice to read you, always, Cosmo.
ReplyDeleteA reflective poem indeed - maybe there isn't a destination but I hope every daughter is a little journey - Jae
ReplyDeleteSorry typo daughter should be day! Sorry - Jae
Delete"What if you step out
ReplyDeleteWith no end in mind?"---I love this adventurous part very much. And all the questions asked.
Good questions - all of them! I especially like the first one, if it is a journey if you have no idea where you are going! That might apply to a lot of us.
ReplyDeletethe final two lines pack a real punch. We are doodling along on this sea of uncertainty and then jolted back to all the paths we failed to take. Very well written.
ReplyDeleteVery insightful poem. Even if you don't know where you are going, you're still going!
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