Pain and Intended Pathways

Pain and Intended Pathways
Pain and Intended Pathways

Intended paths are not only written, often
somewhat less of our choices driven,
to exacerbate experience to the learning,
that must occur in time’s suggestion,
for the purpose of growth,
a silent oath we partook in descending
to this plane of existence.

Many tangents we may follow,
many obstacles we may endure,
for our hasty decisions away from fated moves,
grooves we create in our lives of movement,
so often harsh, untiring recompense
for our lack of acceptance
of those fated paths of living.

We may fight, kick and scream bloody murder,
and it just makes our lives much harder,
instead of accepting the lessons we need,
that supersedes our will in rejection,
injections of self-imposed drama,
that in the end,
we could well do without.

For life is about decisions,
and their consequences ours to accept,
no matter how dire or inept we are
in their understanding,
for one way or another,
the learning will be proffered,
in our time or in life’s time, regardless.

Tis so much easier to accept the struggle,
than fight it to the bitter end,
for we just give it power when we push back,
so be kind to yourself
and experience all when presented,
it will be easier that way,
less contention and pain.

Tony DeLorger © 2017

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Full time author, freelance writer, poet and blogger since 1999. Twenty one published works, past winner of 'Poet of the Year' on HubPages, 'Poem of the Year' on The Creative Exiles, writer for Allpoetry.com, Google+, tonydwtf.blogspot.com.au videos on YouTube and book sales on website thoughtsforabeautifulmind.com, Amazon and digitalprintaustralia.com.au/bookstore

4 thoughts on “Pain and Intended Pathways

  • May 10, 2017 at 7:41 AM
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    I really loved this piece Tony, and it got me thinking. There are 2 dogmas perceived here. 1 that you cannot escape your fate, it is engrained into our beings, and to veer off course would be detrimental to life as we know it. So it benefits us to follow suit and accept the paths that have been chosen for us. The other is, can we change our fate? Is it even possible, or has that string been measured by Lachesis, and subsequently cut by Atropos’ abhorred shears. Great piece Tony. ~Paul

  • May 10, 2017 at 7:41 PM
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    Glad it made you consider the possibilities Paul, yes, it is a conundrum. Having observed and noted for many years, to me it appears that the lessons we are bound to learn are either accepted initially or ensue without our choice, in a much more forceful way. Predestined? or perhaps just part of our intended growing here on this plane of existence. Food for thought. my friend. Cheers!

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