The Road Taken

 
Some are marked
for splendor
I revelled in
decline
 
Some feed on
fame and fortune
I feted
on repine
 
Some waded
in ambrosia
I reared away
from wine
 
Some leapt
to seek Excalibur
I lay in
swamps supine
 
Some rushed
wanton to Arcady
I stood waiting
for a sign
 
Some gorged to
their earthly fill
I supped on
dreams divine
 
Some hankered
for another’s weal
I yielded
what was mine
 
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Some feasted deep
on bounty fair
I’m still fasting
by the shrine
 
I may never have
the golden grail
but the crown of
thorns is mine

 
[© R.Kanth 2023]

 
Professor Rajani Kanth, is Author of Coda (A Novel), A Day in the Life (Novel), and Expiations (Verse), and Farewell to Modernism (Political Economy Tract).