Road

So now that I’m free, I am my master, owner, friend,
I'll enter upon road of joy, adventures and surprise,
I'll say to life: "You've won, I'm loser, I am what I am,
In search for truth all that I saw proved nothing but mirage."
We sink and swim, but, what is more, we live with zest,
Of this I know, oh road, should I just chose and dared,
And always kept my own, and never craved for less,
The long and tiring road would then seem short to fare.
I'll carry on this crooked road not much, but former load,
The burden of all men and women that I’ve known,
And charged with load like this I still am free to go,
"I'm filled with them, and I will fill them in return."
Oh road that takes me far from home, you - open road,
I'm full of joy and promises you give, you're what I chose.
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Posted: Feb 2011
About this poem:
Inspired by Walt Whitman’s “From Song of the Open Road”

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Fellsman
Hi Marikia

A really well written philosophical narrative. I enjoyed the read.

Best wishes

Bill hug
Earlgreytea
Very poignant, loved it, thank you! bouquet
Redex
Wonderful I read this thinking about some people who say "I only wish I had the courage to go down that path", but we are fortunately free to take the one we choose.
I wish such freedom for all marikia. (oops thats just how I read this)handshake
marikia
A rather overdue thanks to all who commented! But it is never late, is it? At least at this little Corner!
All the best to my fellow poets!teddybear
Yankee4you
Mari, I love this one. Yes It is filled with much about the struggles of our life journey. What we choose to make and how we choose to accept ourselves. It is much about self-compassion and reflection. Nice one!! handshake
marikia
You've guessed it right! Life is complicated - we never know what's there, we better walk and find out. Be it a crooked road, be it a crooked life, it's our life full of surprises.
Thank you very much, dear poet, for finding this poem interesting!
All the best!hug
gnj4u
Hi, marikia,
...I am my master, owner, friend,
I'll enter upon road of joy, adventures and surprise,

I am happy to have crossed paths with you on your journey! Thanks for sharing this and your other poems and translations along the way.
marikia
And I'm so happy to hear from you again, dear poetess. This is a magic place, isn't it?! Poems we think we have completely forgotten, cause we never bother to search, - they pop up by chance and we view them afresh, from the perspective of time! And memories come surging of people we used to care for, to communicate with, thinking we should have given them more of our better selves!
All the best! hug bouquet
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