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Barbara Writes
Barbara Writes
Sep 04, 2008 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

The Worldly Highway

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He travels the worldly highway
looking for happiness
through fashion, trends, and fads
of crafty advertisement.

He chases fleshly desires
in pursuit of pleasure amid the
nightlife of girls, friends, and booze
for hype of image and fame

Trouble along the way makes
aware of witless dreams
when he follows a false light
into a world misled

Casting aside values' along the way
into a world of darkness.




— Barbara Writes, Sep 04, 2008

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Region, Country: United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Billy Collins, Shakespeare, , Emily Dickinson, , , Whitman, Jess Tapper

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yenti

yenti

17 years 9 months ago

highway

Dream of grass, the other side look at it when you arrive see nothing of the real you A Japanese reply, to your work, it was good to read, and gave a dream of material things a meaning where they really meant nothing circles. Yours Ian.T
Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

17 years 9 months ago

Thanks Yenti

Smiles:) Barbara Not sure I understand you comment,but appreciate you reading and commenting
yenti

yenti

17 years 9 months ago

understanding

someone going after all the bling in life, and not really seeing themselves and anything of any worth in what they do. Then you talk of a caged bird and wanting all the things outside the bars. Is it a dream or reality sending a message to a wild thing ????
Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

17 years 9 months ago

understanding

Smiles:) Barbara social life and bling are outside the bars because the standard he was raise by he rebels against. needs more work to make this work better. what do you think thanks for commenting appreciate your feedback.
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easylife_2

17 years 9 months ago

Good write barbara

Is is funny how we go about the vanities of life.very well written.Thank you.
Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

17 years 9 months ago

Is not my intent

Smiles:) Barbara this is about my young teen son, i think all young people go through stuff that make them what they become. with experience learn hopefully they become a better person. I think you are good person because i can see that you are and have a good heart because i don't focus on anybody imperfection. i have plenty of my own. me as a mother try to prevent them from making wrong choices i already know the outcome is to be. we all must make our own way in life. i can't change that in him or any of the others of my kids. thanks for commenting. it is always appreciate.
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R.M.Shanmugam

17 years 9 months ago

The worldly highways

Nicely written. i thankful for your good heart of reading my poems and inspiring to write. Can you tell me more about you?
Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

17 years 9 months ago

Hi. R M

Smiles:) Barbara I'm kinda quiet and like my solitude though I like being around people mostly observing sometimes interacting in my own peaceful world. Most find me strange some like me some find me intolerable. Then we all have our little ways about us
weirdelf

weirdelf

17 years 8 months ago

a little note

if you want to read a poets profile or or more of their poetry, just click on their name cheers, Jess
Janice Pearce

Janice Pearce

17 years 9 months ago

The Wordly Highway

Barbara, A perfect description of chasing worthless things [of no importance] and wham, The darknesss~Perfect! "There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you." Will Rogers
infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

17 years 8 months ago

The grass is always...

... greener on the other side, but remember that someone still has to mow it. Also have heard it said, "if the grass is greener on the other side, it just means that's where the septic is." - Ok, I'll shut up now. LOL. Sorry, it was the first thing I thought of after reading your work. Nice job. ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- "I just read an article on the dangers of drinking.... Scared the crap out of me. So that's it! After today, no more reading!" - Lex M.