Tuesday, August 22, 2023

where are we heading?

                                                                            Author:  George Hodan 
Image: Bottled up choices (here)
License: CC0 Public Domain

what was the drift?
his mind declined to answer
sadly it had happened
he let slip the opportunity
a sure sign of misjudgment

he tried to keep his chin up
in vain efforts of maintaining
some form of authority

we anticipate good decisions
to welcome a new beginning
- that he realised

but where are we heading?
silence is not really an option
all bottled up reduced the choices

Grace at d'Verse - poetics-bottled-poetry/

7 comments:

  1. Left without options we easily crack.

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  2. oh yes....good one. Am reminded of conference meetings when I was still on the job....and just KNOWING that some of my colleagues had good ideas but were too reticent to speak.

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  3. You and I took off in the same direction! Love where it took us! Keeping everything bottled up so unhealthy.

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  4. You are right, silence is not really an option, unless we want waht's bottled up to fester and, eventually, eat at us. Great take on the prompt!

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  5. Oh dear, it can be quite a disappointment when this happens.

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  6. Some very important "roads to take" are not within our control. Did we cause this or was it a matter of fate?
    I like your "in a bottle" picture. I'm wondering whether you made or painted it or might it be an online virtual composition, you furnish a picture of what goes inside.
    ..

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