Life

Your life is a never-ending road that curves, straightens, and twists.

 One moment will never be the same as another,

 One memory will never be relived,

 And your heart is responsible for remembering.

 

One doesn't know when or how this road turns,

 When it curves,

 bends,

 and such.

 

Yet, how can one not know?

 Your life is in the fate of your hands.

 You're the one holding the wheel.

 You decide, right or left.

 Good or evil,

 Peace or war.

 

The road that you choose may be bumpy or smooth.

 It may curve, straighten, or twist.

 It may be a evil or peaceful choice.

 

But, there is no such thing as truly evil.

 One can't be truly evil.

 Not even if their heart was died black.

 For that is not fates desire.

 

The road that you take is your choice.

 No one else's.

 Not even fates.

 Don't let anyone decide how you will live your life,

 How you drive down that road.

 

Because even if one decides that they are truly evil,

 Their heart will beat,

 And their soul will remain intact.

 

So, even if you've gone down a bumpy road,

 And you would like to tamper with fates hand.

 Remember one thing.

 

You're in charge.

You decide.

And there's always room to backtrack.

Author's Note

Wrote this a while ago. I'd thought I'd post it so I can look at my writing and see how I've improved or weakened.

Reviews

[just Penny]

I really like the theme of this poem and it's a good reflection of "life, the choices we make and the impact or consequences of those choices. I haven't read any of your other poems, so can't really compare as your author note asks. All I can offer is that I'm not a fan of "one doesn't know" and think that could be replaced with something like "nobody knows" that doesn't sound quite as pompous to me, but hey, that's just my oddities :) The final stanza holds strength and inspiration - well worth remembering ! Nice poem. Penny

[MyNameIs]

Thanks Penny :) After re-reading it I can understand. I think I wrote this a rather long time ago and some of my writing from around that time makes me wonder what I was thinking. Thanks for the tip, I'll remember it for upcoming poetry.

[Benita-Staebell M - Kin..]

There is evil in the world sorry
to burst your bubble on that so there is people that are evil
and I've starred evil in the face and I know God was protecting me
or I would of been dead I've seen things in the past that
we only see in nightmares.


we have free will Gods given us that but God controls the
wheel of my life he is always in control even if we don't allow him
to be.


If God takes his mercy off of me I would be dead
so he controls weather I live or die as the God Made and created me.



I used to think there was no evil until I saw ones that couldn't
love and just want to kill and murder others just for the fun of it
for the game there is ones that want to harm others that love and can't hate
there is ones that are possessed in the word just like ones being killed
and being beheaded in the other countries,I thought there was good in everyone
as a child but I knew there was evil in the world like do you think Child Molesters
are good I don't and god doesn't like for children to be harm like that but evil is everywhere
it rears it's Ugly head.



But thank you for sharing this was a interesting read
I do understand what you're saying I just pray for those
that are lost and ones that hate in there hearts but there is some
that have hate and it is hiding their pain so it
doesn't mean their evil that's very different they're lost and may of never
been shown love now if they want to kill innocents and have no feelings or care in the world for there actions that's evil .


I don't read a lot of stories but if you do poems
I will defiantly read them if the stories are not too
long I will check them out I get overwhelmed with reading
really long stories.


Thank you for sharing your thoughts and Ideas and I hope
to read more of your work.



Blessings. Benita/ kindred poet

[Rene Salinas]

I must say that on a poem we sometimes are presented with concpets and thought that redefine what you already know. But the desire is not to read with the accumulated rather to fre onself to let the writer in so to speak and this writing reminds me of that as it truly is a reflection of the journey literally in some parts of the writing. The elment of free - will brought to the forefront as if one was in charge of the driving. The challenges as bumpy roads, even the desire which in my view is cute tha no evil - shall exsist which makes me feel instantly sad for evil. And then sitting in this comfortable Ford Gt that one day I will get to drive I have thouroughly enjoyed a window into your thoughts.

There is always room for u-turns

Thankyou