OpenLinkNight 5 dVersePoets
It that time of the week again! When the pressure to put pen to paper is overwhelming, and I can share with all you wonderful poets and visitors to the pub! This weeks host is the always awesome Brian Miller, blogger and commenter extraordinaire, and shining star of Waystation One. It`s sure to be a rocking good time...but I`m thinking these weekly poetry binges could easily become addictive. Let`s have a go, shall we and raise our glasses once again to the best spot for poetry and poets on the web dVersePoets Pub!
The Land of Opportunity
I came upon a golden door
begging to be opened.
I felt no fear
As I stepped to the threshold
ready to knock
a hand gripped my wrist, I was stopped
Suddenly, I found myself surrounded
Bodies of friends and family,
strangers and foes
all of them ready
to give me 100 reasons
for not trusting my heart.
Each one stood with fingers
pointing down the same road
the safe route
all the better to reach my dreams,
laced with typical road blocks to ambition
family commitments, bank account balances
Why can`t I just be happy
where I am with what I have
with who I am...
If they`re willing to settle
for this charade
should I not be as well...
I turned from the door,
as what was expected
so safe again, they turned from me
But I couldn`t help it
I knocked when they weren`t looking
The Land of Opportunity
I came upon a golden door
begging to be opened.
I felt no fear
As I stepped to the threshold
ready to knock
a hand gripped my wrist, I was stopped
Suddenly, I found myself surrounded
Bodies of friends and family,
strangers and foes
all of them ready
to give me 100 reasons
for not trusting my heart.
Each one stood with fingers
pointing down the same road
the safe route
all the better to reach my dreams,
laced with typical road blocks to ambition
family commitments, bank account balances
Why can`t I just be happy
where I am with what I have
with who I am...
If they`re willing to settle
for this charade
should I not be as well...
I turned from the door,
as what was expected
so safe again, they turned from me
But I couldn`t help it
I knocked when they weren`t looking
Comments
Give a knock and start the parade
One simple act is all it could take
And a Face it Fact it could make
Cleverly spun
As always wonderfully done
My fav part:
Why can`t I just be happy
where I am with what I have
with who I am...
If they`re willing to settle
for this charade
should I not be as well..."
That's like a personal theme for me. Good job.
Cheers Tash - i raise my cup of Hot Choc
Great words today ~
Love the inevitability of
But I couldn't help it
I'm like that, never have wanted to settle for being a sheep when I could in fact be the shepherd. I love being my unique self, glad you do, too and, thanks for the lovely comment on my blog.
This is a fabulous read.
where I am with what I have
with who I am..." such an important question...and what if it were not a charade...what if this really was enough? Ahh but the mind continues to search for the golden door, it is the nature of being human.
enjoyed your poem. and truth be told i'm quite content with the 'safe' road, but then happiness still eludes me...it might be time for me to find a golden door of my own.
a conspiracy of consensus
brick walls
channeling the restless herd
toward the narrow chute
and the slaughterers deft
hand
who can resist this river
the push, the volume, the flow
everyone smiling and grunting
as they head toward
an inescapable destiny
don't walk thru that door
if you value your life
don't walk thru that door
OneLove--Tiger Windwalker
David
where I am with what I have
with who I am...
This part really touched me. I felt sadness all throughout. And at the end, it is gloomy. Great read! :-)
I love the ending - the last stanza perfectly ending with it's meaning.
Don't wait to knock. Turn the knob, walk in with dignity and hope.
They might come to peek through a window... If you let them.
where I am with what I have
with who I am...
That says it all, brilliant write my friend.
brave and courageous to knock on that door. That door was meant for you... hate thinking of missed opportunities. :)