How is this poem.............................

Its not mine. I read it a while ago. I think its about adolescence. The trees represent parents, teachers, the roads diverging -drugs, smoking and weather changes- mood swings, etc.....



The road is laid down quite straight

but the journey is not, fate neither

I look back as I step over the line

unto that uncertain fate of mine

All hands that pick me when I fall

fade away as wave away my thrall

As I walk, new seeds sprout all along

And birds sing a strange new song



The once tall and magnificent trees

now seem old, withered and weak

Bearing fruits in bounties from flowers

Falling in heaps as I lavishly devour

If their fruits don't drop or are sour

I throw rocks for the fruits to shower

The sun shines pleasantly and rise

beautiful flowers, birds, butterflies



Suddenly the sun and all disappear

it becomes gloomy, dark and rainy

Hare hops along shortcuts, diverging

from the road; tempted, I start following

The further I go, the farther I stray

To the waiting wolves, I fall as prey

Breezes blow me back, without due

Along the road I start to continue



Yelling, I trip, I stumble and I fall

over sticks, rocks, roots, and weeds

Into a ditch, all bruised and bloody

I can't climb out, I crawl all muddy

Slowly tears vanish, wounds heal

I climb slowly out, fear I don't feel

Along a small slope the road slows

I stand tall as it curves and it goes





Somtimes I run, sometimes I walk

sometimes too tired I sit and stall

Path's end isn't seen, though near

as falling fog mists my view unclear

But the sun rises as a new dawn

I see the end, beyond and gone

As paradise, the road doesn't end

Ahead many more roads transcend

How is this poem.............................
It is a great poem,but more importantly I think you've interpreted it correctly also.I love to write poems,and to read them.As a matter of fact that was what I gave for Christmas this year.I wrote my friend and husband a poem.They had no deep hidden meaning as you found in this one though.Good job.
Reply:It isn't focused enough, wanders, like listening to someone talk just to hear themselves...... but then again what do I know.
Reply:mind touching, meaningful poem.

no words to express.
Reply:Beautiful. Really touching.
Reply:Great interpretation! It is a poem that really makes a person think.