All the Difference
Two paths, not one,
yours and mine.
Though joining,
there is a distance
encompassing us,
our time together.
One path, two
components determined
to reach the end
together. But one
will end first,
our light extinguished,
leaving the other
to continue,
alone.
This is my response to Thursday Photo Prompt: Caught #writephoto,
from Sue Vincent at Daily Echo, with her photo.
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Touching poem!
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🙂 Merci!
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Tough truth delivered gently … love the photo.
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Thank you, Jazz.
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Isn’t that the story of our life! Beautifully written.
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Thank you. 🙂
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You are welcome. ☺️
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“Though joining,
there is a distance
encompassing us,”
I love that image, Ken. It is that distance that makes the joining of lives so precious.
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Thank you, Sue.
Room for two, whatever direction they take.
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Very moving.
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Thank you.
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The story of love–two paths that join but that cannot stay together forever.
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Yes, (almost) always leaving one to continue alone.
I was stuck for a title, then thought to look to Frost for inspiration, seeing this as a possible reverse (or inverse, diverse, alternate uni-verse) of The Road Not Taken.
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Ah–good idea!
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A very nice piece of work on a subject that many of us find difficult to get our heads around.
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Yet we take that path.
Thank you.
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Beautiful, Ken, and a poignant portrayal of the love’s journey.
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Thank you.
Love’s journey – yes, taken without thought towards that outcome, as no shadow is welcome in such light.
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Heartbreaking and true. (K)
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Sigh
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Really beautiful, and a little bittersweet tinge to it. Thank you, very creative.
Debbie
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Thank you, Debbie.
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