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The Old Dirt Path

April 25, 2013
By Shadow_Wolf GOLD, Mayfield Heigts, Ohio
Shadow_Wolf GOLD, Mayfield Heigts, Ohio
10 articles 0 photos 61 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Love is not opening your eyes but opening your heart.&quot;<br /> &quot;You see not with your eyes, But with your heart.&quot;<br /> &quot;Think first with your heart not your head.&quot;<br /> &quot;If it has a heart, It is human.&quot;


He walks alone in the woods
Down an old dirt path
Ingrown with grass and weeds

Surrounded by nothing but nature and wildlife
He walks on silently, alone
He walks on determined, sad
Don’t go down that path, he said
I should’ve gone down the other one

The earth shakes, trees fall
The man is trapped
Well, I can’t turn back now, he says
I’ll have to keep going forward
So the man walks on

The man walks on
Shoulders hunched, depressed
The man is worried, sad
What if I lose my way he says
What if I never leave the forest
What if I’m attacked, what will I do
I should’ve gone down the other path

The man stops
I can’t go on he says
I’m lost, I can’t do this
With tears falling the man collapses
I’ll never get out of here
If only I had gone down the other path
Wait, stop, get up
The man cursed himself
I took another path
That was my choice
I took another path
And I will make it

Starting anew down the old dirt path
The man walks on
A light shines
He runs forward
He sees a house
And he realizes
Despite himself
He made it
He made it home
His home, where he can be free again
Where he can feel comfort again
And where he can tell others
That he is forever changed
Because he went down the old dirt path


The author's comments:
My inspiration for this piece came from Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken.

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j_smith SILVER said...
on Mar. 4 2014 at 2:48 pm
j_smith SILVER, Cary, North Carolina
9 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; If you wanna be somebody, if you wanna go somewhere, you gotta wake up and pay attention.&quot;

Really good plot.. 5 stars...

on Mar. 3 2014 at 3:24 pm
Shadow_Wolf GOLD, Mayfield Heigts, Ohio
10 articles 0 photos 61 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Love is not opening your eyes but opening your heart.&quot;<br /> &quot;You see not with your eyes, But with your heart.&quot;<br /> &quot;Think first with your heart not your head.&quot;<br /> &quot;If it has a heart, It is human.&quot;

I did that in the original... forgot to do it here.... lol

DJ4227 SILVER said...
on Mar. 3 2014 at 3:22 pm
DJ4227 SILVER, Lake Elsinore, California
8 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.&quot;<br /> -Mitch Hedberg

Very nice:) My only critique is that you should put quotations around what your character says or else it could be interpreted as internal thoughts. Still, 5/5