ALONG THE WAY

[Lisa Arnold]

ALONG THE WAY

Along the way
we love and lose,
we leave and return
only to turn around
and runaway again.

Along the way
we hurt and heal,
rise and fall and sometimes
lose our way from under the rain.

Along the way
we touch the hand
of a stranger and let go
of the hand of a friend
only to reach for that hand again.

Along the way
we lose a sense of ourselves
and if we are fortunate will come
to understand our existence and purpose
before we perish this earth.

©2004 Lisa Arnold

[Tina]

Hey Lisa,

I find this one very intriguing, nice read

I love this stanza

"Along the way
we touch the hand
of a stranger and let go
of the hand of a friend
only to reach for that hand again."

[Bob]

Good one Lisa, and it is so true. thank you for posting this one

[Seashellstarz]

Even though I kind of don't hope it's this way... along the TEXTway, but... it's so true.

[Lisa Arnold]

Thanks for commenting everyone

Hey Shellz, what do you mean by you hope it's not that way? Just curious as to waht you meant

[Seashellstarz]

I meant:TEXT
I want to love but not lose. I don’t want to leave and return, on top of running away again. I don’t want to hurt or fall in the first place. I don’t want to lose my way under the rain. Of course, I know it’s not possible, for we won’t be humans then. I’m sure it won’t happen. They say, “If you are never sad, you can never experience happiness. If you have never failed, then you have cannot ever taste the greatness of success.” Still, the thought of never failing/being-sad just provokes the brink of my strange imagination at times. Sometimes I wonder if such an unrealistic world really does exist somewhere.

[Seashellstarz]

:)Please disregard the orange "TEXT" thing that appears in my last message. This is the first time I've ever attended in a forum. (I'm not too modern, am I?)

[Lisa Arnold]

Hey Shellz,

I understand what you mean now Thanks for responding

And don't worry about the orange TEXT. It took me awhile to get used to posting in forums too at first

[Sharon]

Very well written Lisa ;D

[faerieofheart]

Along the way, if we are very lucky, we stumble upon words strung together in such a way as to enlighten and make us ponder the very nature of our existence. Thank you for penning such words. Faerie