no shortcuts.... in response to decisions...decisions ... by Sunshine (Karilea)

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Open Poetry #10

no shortcuts.... in response to decisions...decisions ... by Sunshine (Karilea)

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

0 posted 2000-11-13 05:31 AM

a step ahead
in front is a wall
a step backward
there lay a ravine
can't go sideways
there's no way out
and there are
no shortcuts

no shortcuts for you
no shortcuts for me

decide, take a step
or be left there in
a standstill, immobile
like a decaying rock

Ah! What a shock!

to go left or go right
one has to act fast
to get out this maze
one has to react fast
but
he who laughs most is
the one whose laugh lasts

do I eat now or later
do I fall in love or not
do I or don't

think, make a decision
or be aloof from
the crowd, hopeless -
like an unread book
(and now, please)
don't give me that look!

...

(I am only trying my best to think)

poetic_imperfection
Junior Member

since 2000-11-01

Posts 45

1 posted 2000-11-13 05:51 AM

I felt this poem....decisions can always be that way. Win loose or draw. Very nice my friend.

PLY

tracie66
Member Elite

since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

2 posted 2000-11-13 06:08 AM

Hi there Sud
This is great...wonderful read my friend
put a smile on my face...thanks
Love Tracie~

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

3 posted 2000-11-13 07:10 AM

Hey Sudhir...just as clever as ever I see... you got the old mind in quite a debate there as your dropping wonderful metaphors on to the Passions page....can't get out of this one though you're going to have to make a decision......great stuff my friend!!

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2000-11-13 09:15 AM

Ah, good! You will NEVER be an unread book! So glad to see you back in the blue pages...{~,^}

Karilea
If I whisper, will you listen?...
I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound.
KRJ

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

5 posted 2000-11-14 03:07 AM

PLY, Thanks a lot for dropping by to read this...

Tracie, I am so glad that this put a smile on your face... Thanks...

ethome, my sincere friend, Thanks so much for your effusive replies as ever... This old head is thinking a lot these days...

Karilea, if it weren't for your writing, this would never have been written... Thanks for everything...

Regards to all,
Sudhir

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