In her hands, a book enfolded.
She spread its wings
to look at its feathers
and only saw that burdened ballad
of the many things
to which we have no answers:
Why do such things happen?
As the illustrated tale began,
the engine ignited,
the road was read
and the white lane lines foreran.
Scenes looked arid.
And not knowing where this lead:
Way leads onto way,
in stone--Nothing was written.
Trees teemed both sides of the passageway,
polar crippled their beauty.
Sediment covered the asphalt.
Dull colors--Gray. Gray. Gray.
Headlights burning brightly,
the machine came to a sudden halt.
Surprises are always discovered,
but mostly the cruel ones are destine.
To continue is up to the engine.
To decide to move on
Regardless of the hardships,
And take our paths with caution.
With that path withdrawn--
where do we take our road trips?
What will occur next--
In just another grief-stricken fiction?
Had made the right choice, or not--
the engine continued
on dead mans curve.
Decisions rendered quite unthought,
Readers previewed,
Before the driver was even allowed to observe.
The turn too sharp--
For the driver, no ending was chosen.
In her hands, a book enfolded.
She spread its wings
to look at its feathers
and only saw that burdened ballad
of the many things
to which we have no answers:
Why did my bird fly away
before I was driven?














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I can see the place for it inside a sentence, but at the end of one it's rather unnecessary since we already know there's supposed to be a pause there.
The metaphors and imagery you use is great if slightly unconnected to each other, at least in the mind of the reader.
"Why did my bird fly away
before I was driven? "
doesn't make much sense outside the context of the poem, but all right, maybe it doesn't need to.
Nice choice of words and great opening.
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I also though the emotion was well conveyed. I got a feeling of being unable to make choices -- inevitability -- very clearly.
Cyranicles above made some good suggestions. Watch your word choices: "teemed", "destine" and "foreran" sounded out of place to me... Poetry, more than any other form of writing, requires careful word selection. Conventional word usages are always best. They are relatively flexible and can be used in original ways. Unusual or incorrect usages aren't the way to be original.
I like 'in stone -- nothing was written". It would have quite a different meaning if you'd reversed the sentence order as the other DA suggested. The way you've written it points out the neutrality of the turn in the road. The road (stone) does not have any intentions. It is what it is and sometimes stuff just happens. Reversing a common saying as you've done, is also a nice way to catch the readers attention and get them thinking about the meaning of the reversed axiom. So let this line stand.
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