Decisions – #writephoto

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Photo by Sue Vincent

No map in hand
No lay of the land
The way forward is blocked

I thought I knew
How the future grew
The truth leaves me shocked

I can go right
No changes in sight
Into a future most locked

Or left for me
A path hard to see
In the fog it is socked

Easy, if plain
Or to rewards, with some pain
Either way seems pocked

So it is decision time
To go on without rhyme
To choose my path across the trackless sand

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(Ha, I bet you thought I was going to end it with “clocked” or “mocked” or “flocked” or “knocked or… but didn’t I say I was going forward without rhythm or rhyme? ;) (technically, “sand” rhymes with “hand” from the first line))

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Written for Sue Vincent‘s #write photo prompt. See this week’s prompt here.

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Yes, a little different than my usual #writephoto post…

22 thoughts on “Decisions – #writephoto”

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Michele Jones April 16, 2019 at 3:03 pm

Nice poem, Trent.

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1. trentpmcd Post authorApril 16, 2019 at 4:59 pm
  
  Thanks.
  
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pensitivity101 April 13, 2019 at 6:30 am

Like it Trent. Neat finishing line.
I did a similar format a few years ago entitled Because She Could.

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1. trentpmcd Post authorApril 13, 2019 at 10:51 am
  
  Thanks. Appropriate name. This was pure following the muse and the muse said to end it this way, so….
  
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  1. pensitivity101 April 13, 2019 at 1:11 pm
    
    It worked very well.
    
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joylennick April 13, 2019 at 5:21 am

I always enjoy originality and spontaneity in poetry and yours has both. Thank you.

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1. trentpmcd Post authorApril 13, 2019 at 10:49 am
  
  Thanks! I usually try to take my own path, no matter what is on the signpost ;)
  
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Jewel Ingalls April 12, 2019 at 5:22 pm

Tricky, tricky!

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1. trentpmcd Post authorApril 12, 2019 at 8:04 pm
  
  Well, if I chose a direction, it’s going to be my own, no rules attached ;)
  
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notestowomen April 11, 2019 at 7:25 pm

Great poem, Trent and great decision to take a different direction.

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1. trentpmcd Post authorApril 11, 2019 at 8:09 pm
  
  Thanks. It is always good to try a different way….
  
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robertawrites235681907 April 11, 2019 at 2:01 pm

A fabulous ending, Trent. Congratulations.

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1. trentpmcd Post authorApril 11, 2019 at 3:09 pm
  
  Thanks, Robbie.
  
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Tessa April 11, 2019 at 1:07 pm

Good job on a new direction.

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1. trentpmcd Post authorApril 11, 2019 at 3:08 pm
  
  Thanks, Tessa.
  
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willowdot21 April 11, 2019 at 11:42 am

I like this Trent great poem 💜

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1. trentpmcd Post authorApril 11, 2019 at 11:44 am
  
  Thanks, Willow!
  
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  1. willowdot21 April 11, 2019 at 11:44 am
    
    💜
    
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Sue Vincent April 11, 2019 at 10:38 am

Nice to see you taking a ‘new’ direction,Trent ;)

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1. trentpmcd Post authorApril 11, 2019 at 10:40 am
  
  Oo, clever ;) Thanks, Sue.
  
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