Nothing is certain in this world.
So I decided
To draw a straight line and move ahead.
I said,
One line, just straight ahead
This is my destiny.
As nothing is certain and
Life is full of ironies
I came back again
From a long journey
Of forging ahead
I ran in circles
For that good memories
I left behind.
Where is that start?
Where must it end?
Round and round
Still going
On that jaded line
Out of the beaten paths
I just charted my way
And not my destiny.
The beginning is now the end
And the end of what seemed as a straight line
Begins again, today.
Lost
Published July 12, 2008 Daily Life , Idiot Box , The Other Side , Thoughts in Words , myepinoy 6 CommentsTags: life, lost, ofw, Pinoy, poem, story
lost, myepinoy?
for once, stay still
look into your heart
stay still, listen
hush…listen some more
slowly, slowly it leads you
not in circles
not in straight lines
but in the right direction
you’ll never go wrong.
Beautiful lines you got here, Myepinoy.
See y’ around my friend.
Amigo
especial como siempre
muy bonito
hasta pronto
Mayito
such profound words you have here. kinda lost? i love off-the-beaten tracks, btw
So what seemed to be a vertical path is really a circular one. Just when we thought we have left something, we arrive at it again.
Reminds me of my fave T.S. Eliot lines which more or less go this way:
Life is but a exploring
And the end of the exploring
Takes us back to where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Great poem. Wow!
Nice poem bro
They say “distance is nothing. It is the first step that counts”.
Good luck on your journey. Hope you get to where you intend to go !