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Sometimes A Road
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Sometimes A Road |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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Sometimes A Road Sometimes a road takes you. Just by being, by lying here beneath these trees, showing you the curve around the crown of this particular hill in just this sunlight under these very clouds; by giving hints of all the scenes beyond and past beyond, it chooses you and takes you off to where it hopes to go. Everyone has such roads, and though each road is different, every curve and every hill unique, in this they are the same: Although you think you do the taking, sometimes a road takes you. |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
OH the aimless drifting of the vagabond. To care not where a road leads just so long as it stays advanced of hunger. |
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KristieSue
since 2003-01-31
Posts 1460PA, US |
wouldn't mind doing that in a car... :-) very descriptive... :-) |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, But I wandered off into the trees And fooled 'em both.... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
I'll take my 900 down that road anytime . . . nice one, rat |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
---I get the drift! Descriptive and interesting write! Warm hugs, Earth Angel |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
It's been a long while since the road got to take me, but I do know it happens... and this, Sir, was an enjoyable read. Thank you, Ed! |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
lol Rat - ahh made me laugh at your comment there - TY - still laughing . . . yes I just wish I had ONE road to travel . . . for now . . . liked this much xxoo [This message has been edited by littlewing (03-13-2003 07:12 AM).] |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Were all going down the same road.. some take detours... Love this...simply love it! ~Hugs~ ~ Trace my body with your words.. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ed...My dad taught me about this road when I was little...I named it serendipity. Love this poem, by the way....Makes me want to go! |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
nicely done Ed... enjoyed. |
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regards2you Member Elite
since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940California |
Ed, "sometimes the road takes you" and sometimes those hold the most wonderful surprises... Enjoyed this greatly, Hugs, Pat  ..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.. |
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Greeneyes 
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
sometimes.....wonderful bending of words! Lauren~ Take me where the tides start |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
ahh to get onto a road and see where it takes you....Nice one Ratleader. Find myself looking out for you  Maree. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Nice one Ed...love the Frost comment  |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
It must be the sun's reflection that draws you in... It's just too inviting to resist... |
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just a junkie Member
since 2003-03-04
Posts 53 |
I loved this!!!!! Just a Junkie |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Well Nan, it is a fairly seductive highway, after all....lying there under the trees, showing you its curves and promising more.... I had fun with that part too! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
Well? If you don't look up once and awhile, you'll find that the road has ended at a shack on a river. Good one, Ed |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Ed, I was going to write a really serious reply... that is until I read The other Ed's reply. LOL It struck me really funny. His reply made me think that if a person doesn't look up every now and then, they're going to run smack dab into the trees in the woods you commented about.....  It's a really good poem, Ed, as all yours are, by the way.  Hugs, Ethel [This message has been edited by garysgirl (03-14-2003 12:56 PM).] |
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RMW Senior Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 1424 |
Ed....I especially enjoy the last several lines. Very well done. Very quiet. Bob |
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gemjop Member Elite
since 2002-11-18
Posts 2587Pencilveinia, USA |
Ed, you just get better n better you do. love , gemma xxxxxx learning each day, for you and i, our paths have met, i've already learnt that you are love. |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Ratleader - I've drifted over many of those roads over the years. I'm not sure if I was taken by them, or them by me... BC |
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Ringo
since 2003-02-20
Posts 3684Saluting with misty eyes |
A great write... and I must say that strolling through the trees is DEFINATELY the path less travelled. lol ~You might say I'm a Dreamer, but I'm not the only one... |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
And sometimes get plastered to the road by an 18 wheeler called reality..sorry had to vent. But Rat..loved this excellent write! |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
LOL -- There've been a few times I've travelled down life's highway disguised as a bug on that particular bumper...... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
It is those times when we are left with no choice but to follow through and continue down the road we're on, simply because it feels right. And that's a very good feeling! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
 YES! I LOVE IT! |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
Then sometimes you lose control and crash into the tree which leaves you stunned, numb, and unable to move. Nice write!!!! Bridgette  "Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown [This message has been edited by Justbleu (03-31-2003 07:32 PM).] |
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Ringo
since 2003-02-20
Posts 3684Saluting with misty eyes |
Sometimes the road takes you... The secret is to take the control back, if you can... Phenominal job as usual Imagine all the People living life in peace... |
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