Mazes

Life is  an  amazingly  wonderful   maze,  when   you  t h i n k  about it.
You                                  start   at  the  entrance  n a i v e   and  unaware 
of what lies within.         It's  easy to c h e a t in this maze, if  you choose 
to walk the e d g e          until  you  get to the  end,  but h o n e s t l y it's 
more exciting  just          to  j u m p right  in.  Sure,  you   may  run  into
dead ends                        every   once in awhile,  e v e r y o n e  has  their
dead ends, but it's           easy  for  you to  turn back around, r e t r a c e 
your steps and go                             on.   At    times,   the   maze   makes 
you   want  to  pull   your  hair        out,  but   for   the  most   part,  you 
respect  the  challenge    that it        offers you.You begin to  r e a l i z e 
that l i f e                                            isn't  about   finishing  the   m a z e           
it's  about        the path you take to get there. It's  about  The  t h i n g s 
you do on       your way  there. It's about all  of the amazing  p e o p l e  
you  meet       while you're travelling.  I think people   forget   that quite
a   bit,   so       the next time you see someone racing through their maze
trying   as       hard as they can to reach the end, remind them that  they
are    only       doing  themselves  a  disservice.   Remind  them that  l i f e 
is      what       make of it
                  You

Author's Note

Originally Written: January 10, 2012

Reviews

[Pax]

wow, I always love concrete poetry, and this is no exception...
a wonderful and insightful peice...
this goes to my library....
well done...
~ i always thought that life is a infinite puzzle..that answers are endless..
with boundless possibilities...

[Joel A Doetsch]

Thanks for the read, Pax. I always thought this one seemed forced, glad you enjoyed it.

[Pax]

no it's not...it's very much creative and well thought out...