dangling threads of alternate lives
May 9, 2011
dangling threads of alternate lives:
.
from the plans that came to nothing,
to the little decisions that changed directions
.
the advice not taken
and the applications rejected,
the active choices and
the inspired leaps
.
shopping lists torn up
and wishings abandoned
.
sometimes the futures untaken
sit muttering on the sidelines
denouncing the present
as fraudulent and phony
and sometimes
they are right
.
some trains wait
in the station
until you find your way back
to the platform
.
some ships have sailed,
and already gained the horizon,
swift with the wind of regret
.
some dreams recur
and recur
until the twisting thread we follow
leads us down the winding path
to walk,
for a while,
in long anticipated grace
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