Going Your Own Way (Poem)

© Christine Valters Paintner, In Praise of Detours

Used With Permission

Going Your Own Way

Imagine every rock

set down a burden

lifted, every stone

a counter-weight

to what's denied.

Expect no straight

and narrow path

where you might

veer, no steps clear

-cut to urge you 

fast along some way

where light leaves

no thing to its chance.

What gap is there

is yours to find and fill.

© 2012 Maureen E. Doallas

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This is my response to Christine Valters Paintner's Invitation to Poetry: In Praise of Detours for which the image above was offered as a prompt. 

If you're inclined to accept today's Invitation to Poetry at Abbey of the Arts, go here to read the instructions and submit your poem or a link. On March 25, a random drawing will be held and a lucky participant will have the opportunity to select one of Christine's many wonderful books.