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The Game of Life

December 19, 2013
By DancerNicole BRONZE, Topeka, Kansas
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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

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Where are the options we’re told about
The path has already been laid
with no turns, or divides
just one curvy road
They have fenced you in
Leaving you no option but forward
Run or walk, skip or wander
It doesn’t matter; you’ll never get there
Don’t you see, life is just a game
There is no happy ending
No tragic downfall
We just take our pre-laid path
To the ends of our lives

© Louis F., Norfolk, VA

The author's comments:
I got my inspiration from a picture of a dirt road lined with trees. There was fence on each side of the road and the road continued past the picture.
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