Unknown Road

We think we know what the future holds.......

Unknown is lifes road lightly trod, 

tramping about from youth to elder, 

wise men wait for the path revealed, 

fools rush head first into darkness, 

knowing only assumptions. 

How can one know who they will meet, 

friends and enemies made, 

hearts captured and broken. 

Nothing last forever, 

good with the bad, 

darkness gives way to light, 

storm clouds gathered vacate an azure sky. 

What is will not always be, 

shifting are the sands, 

many houses have been built on.  

To make God laugh, 

just tell him your plans, 

predict what the next five minutes will be, 

if things are bleak and dark, 

if gloom feels all around, 

wait for time to do its work, 

things change  and miracles astound.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Aarti Sriram]

Life can be fulfilling or a predicamenT . Living it will only help reveal how was the experience and what new to expect. You give a rich poetic feel to how life eveolves dear @ Dave. "Predict what the next five minutes will be " is a brilliant pointer! to how eager we are to conclude every now and then. Lets allow time to do its work and we focus on patience instead of our half baked assumptions.

[Dave W.]

Exactly, thank you for the excellent review

[maya_online]

I enjoyed the confused tone of the writer, the way you portrayed how everything in the future is unknown was beautiful. My favorite line was probably "shifting are the sands, many houses have been built on", what a gorgeous line, especially the last stanza which leaves on a sort of humorous tone, maybe a hopeful tone, saying we may not know what the future brings, but we'll never know if we don't live it.

[Dave W.]

I think you understand what I was saying thank you for the review

[emmajoygreen]

Thought, emotion and faith.. a poem with so much to say. The reader pauses, thinks and retains. Thank you so much for sharing..

[Dave W.]

Thank you so much for reviewing, muse has visited and I deliver a poem medium rare....

[emmajoygreen]

Clever - and with a little sauce.