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\u201cTwo Ways\u201d by *m-eralp<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n CONSIDERING THE FORKS IN THE ROAD<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Considering the choices <\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cTwo Ways\u201d by *m-eralp \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 CONSIDERING THE FORKS IN THE ROAD \u00a0 Considering the choices I\u2019ve had along the way, some so clearly marked by signs and lights, illuminated so bright and no mistaking the way and some not so clear, the path rather dim, I wonder now if it really […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,19,837,11,29],"tags":[63,159,4,4182],"class_list":["post-107311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-lifestyles","category-nature-2","category-people","category-poems","tag-barbara-k","tag-cpc","tag-poetry","tag-simple-sunday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n I\u2019ve had along the way,
\n some so clearly marked
\n by signs and lights,
\n illuminated so bright
\n and no mistaking the way
\n and some not so clear,
\n the path rather dim,
\n I wonder now
\n if it really matters at all
\n what direction I take
\n when I reach that inevitable
\n fork in the road;
\n a choice to be made,
\n which path to take
\n through the deep forests
\n and mountain passes of this life,
\n to get to where I want to be
\n when the sun goes down
\n at my journey\u2019s end.<\/em>
\n <\/font><\/p>\n
\n And in another time and place
\n (not so long ago I\u2019d like to think)
\n I wondered what I might have missed
\n (if anything at all)
\n by going this way or that,
\n or whether or not
\n I\u2019d have another chance
\n to retrace or erase
\n those steps I\u2019ve taken
\n and start my trek
\n all over again.<\/em>
\n <\/font><\/p>\n
\n But I must conclude,
\n upon considering the choices,
\n that the most important thing
\n to me in the end
\n is that I took
\n at least one step
\n in whatever direction
\n and persevered to
\n wherever the path led,
\n that I didn\u2019t get stuck
\n (or at least not for too long),
\n forever stopped in my tracks,
\n unable to decide on a path
\n at a fork in the road.
\n <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n
\n (c) barbara kausteklis 5-27-13<\/em>
\n <\/font><\/p>\n
\n Written for this past Sunday’s CPC A SIMPLE SUNDAY
\n which featured the art of *m-eralp.<\/em>
\n <\/font><\/p>\n
\n http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/106303\/simple-sunday-picture-challenge-forks-off\/<\/em>
\n <\/font><\/p>\n
\n Thanks always for visits and comments.<\/strong>
\n <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n
\n Lots of Love and Big Hugs from Southern California
\n on this Thursday morning.<\/em><\/strong>
\n <\/font><\/p>\n
\n Link to previous piece posted on Friendburst (yesterday)<\/strong>
\n <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n
\n WITH SUMMER’S RETURN<\/em>
\n <\/font><\/p>\n
\n http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/107267\/with-summers-return-short-piece-with-photo\/<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"