Choice

based on a recent conversation

Choice:

 

"There is no choice," he said-

"you just go with the flow.

Like a boat in a stream

 

you'r carried along-

taken where you're

meant to be,

 

what ever happens-

it's your fate to travel

a path unknown."

 

Ahead the trail divided-

I stood still

while he walked on

 

taking the path left.

"Why not the right one?"

I asked.

 

Over his shoulder

he called back-

"Car's over here."

 

Following him,

I replied-

"Oh, good choice."

Reviews

[JD Major]

Haha, love this one, Carl!
I guess we're sometimes so deep in deep thoughts, we miss the obvious.
Reminds me of an old move, 'Harper', I think, when the guy is practically busting his shoulder to bust through a door and Paul Newman just reaches down and turns the knob :)

[roniO]

Haha made me smile. I needed one today. Thanks

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks for the smile this evening Carl. I enjoyed your lines here. All the best.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

much like Creeley with the conversational poem...
I love it.
although, I might have walked awhile just to see what was over there.
j.

[Another Relic]

lol, good one, carl. Directions we take in life can change them in major ways. Finding the car may not be major, but it's a wise decision for sure. 🤣😁

[W. Barrett Munn]

The antithesis of foxhole atheist.
One correction, you’re not your

Winston

[carl]

yes. i see that now, thanks

[Miss Sharon]

(Over his shoulder he called back- "Car's over here." Following him, I replied-"Oh, good choice.") LOL I just love this. ~Sharon

[Stuart Munro]

Yeh their are choices , mine are very limited lol, Great Poem , have a Great Christmas

[John the Baptist]

What is it Mr. Frost said about "The Road Not Taken?" That it made all the difference in his life. It sounds as though your friend, for all of his talk about having no choice, chose to take the well worn path.