Unknown
While ours to consider,
haunting or blessing, the past
will not foretell the future.
Riddled with unknowns, both
darkness and light, the path
before us is ours to discern.
Neither granting advantage
nor taking it for granted,
our challenge is to find the way.
This is my response to dVerse – Quadrille 120 (aka 119 part 2) – No way! Way!,
the prompt from Lisa at dVerse ~ Poets Pub, which is to use
a form of the word way in a 44-word poem, with no required meter or rhyme.
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We do well to rise to the challenge Ken. Nice one. Thanks for droppibg by to read mine
Much💖love
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Yes, yes, yes. I have never believed destiny is foretold or in our DNA. Enjoyed this one, Ken.
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Thank you, Helen.
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I think you’ve nailed the curse and the opportunity quite aptly!
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Thanks! 😀
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It’s true; we’re mapless, KG; we’re forced to stumble, unsure, into a future we cannot know until it arrives.
Well done.
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Thanks, Ron. Best to focus on the moment.
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Very true. Lovely poem.
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🙂 Thank you.
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Finding the way that has integrity and truth is hard to find these days! Well done Ken.
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Thank you, Dwight.
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Streamlined and wise words. It’s great advocacy for mindfulness of the present, each day a gift.
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Yes. Don’t overlook what’s right in front of you.
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A kindness wisdom, a gentle path, it takes time, and community.
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It does. Thank you, Paul.
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My pleasure Ken.
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Full of wisdom, Ken. Really loved the last line!
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Thank you, sir!
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My pleasure, sir 🙂
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Love this in particular, Ken:
Lovely 🙂
❤
David
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Thank you, David. I was pleased with that line.
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Exactly. We have to find it, not blindly follow a path charted for us by somebody else.
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Thank you, Jane. Advice is one thing, but the inner voice should not be ignored.
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No. We used to call it our conscience, in the days when we were supposed to listen to the good angel and ignore the wicked on. Now we just change channels.
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The challenge is always to find the way…or let the way find us.
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Yes, always cognizant of our surroundings.
Thank you, Ingrid.
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So true–we may have guides, but we have to find our own way.
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Yes, respect for our inner voice. Thank you, Merril.
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Even after we’ve traveled it some way, its not always clear. (K)
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Always learning.
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Ken, I so agree. We must remain lost until WE are certain WE are found.
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Always learning. Thanks, Rob.
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Our challenge is to find the way. And even in today’s age with fancy GPS systems, some of us are still led to the edge of a cliff and fail to open our eyes soon enough.
I like this post!
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Autopilot has its limitations! 😉
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So true… we might know the general direction, but mostly it’s trying and trying.
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Yes, and learning and learning.
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So much truth in these word, well done. 🙂
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Thank you.
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Nicely written, Ken. The source of greatest hope, that the past doesn’t have to determine the future.
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Yes. Thank you. 🙂
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Basically, we make our own way and hope for the best.
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Indeed.
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