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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With that path withdrawn--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 man’s 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?
©2008-2010 ~CassiNova500
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Author's Comments

Finally done! It took me so long to write this poem....and its the first significantly long poem that I have written in quite a while. Well, It requires lots of creative thinking. Just keep in mind that I referred the book to a bird--the cover and back cover as its wings, and the pages as its feathers.

I wrote this poem because I discovered a mournful turning point in my life, and the middle of the poem contains the events leading up to the turning point. However, I didn't specify the events because I wanted everyone to be able to relate to the poem. Whatever it is, and whenever it happens, I think that everyone has a mournful turning point some time in their lives.

Well, I hope you like it!

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Again with the --
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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Thank you! :)

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I enjoyed the extended metaphor in this poem and the focus on describing it and many aspects of it.
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I enjoyed the first stanza the most because I'm obsessed with wings, birds, and the ideas of flight :)

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The language in which you use is very personal and metaphorical. I lack my own personal understanding of the poem but it sounds pretty. I think sometimes a simpiler way to explain how you feel turns out better than a language in which is only for one. ;]
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This is a very beautiful piece, complex and very original.

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I would like to applaud you for the sturcture of this poem, which comes full circle nicely and contains a story within a story. This makes the poem stand out and marks you as a poet on her way to more mature work.

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.:)For example, "polar crippled their beauty", could be better said in other ways, including "ice (or frost) crippled their beauty".

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.:)

Very nice work!

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