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Published: 2017-11-14 13:58:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 267; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 0
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I walk along the vast open roadWalking towards a utopia on the horizon
Seeking the destination of my desires
Looking to lose the weight of responsibility
The road extends further and further
Carrying my haven off into the distance
Giving my muscles cause to ache
Making me question the validity of my trek
I carry on along the unforgiving path
Continuing towards a goal I may not reach
My steps taking me along the evergrowing road
I can neither get there nor give in.
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I definitely can relate to this. I think I focus too much on what I want and not on how I go achieving it.
I think many have a problem of focusing more on the destination rather than the journey there.
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i can relate to this one, and i like this piece.
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This is a very nice piece.Β It seems to show that when you are moving towards a goal that is important to you, you cannot simply expect it to go all according to plan. After all, it is as the German military strategist, Helmuth von Moltke, said. "No battle plan survives contact with the enemy." What he means by this is that when you have a plan that you have set up, you cannot simply expect it to go a hundred percent according to plan, and instead, you must have some sort of back-up plan in order to get past adversity.Β It also seems to show that, along the way towards your goal, you will likely become discouraged, and will likely consider backing down and admitting defeat, but you can't afford to do that. Instead, you must keep pushing forward, and only then can you achieve the goal you have worked so hard to achieve. I know how this must seem somewhat naive to believe that it's something this positive, but it is what I believe that this poem says. However, I believe that this can show others to keep pushing forward until you're victorious, and until you've achieved your goals.
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It's interesting seeing that you take something so positive from what I wrote intending to me a more sombre piece. Goes to show you that poetry is always open to interpretation. You're right though, that whilst the earlier interpretation given - the "Sunk Cost"one - was more accurate - I do feel that we as people shouldn't give up on a goal so easily. After all, they so often define much of who we are.
Thank you for the read!
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Beautiful. Just beautiful.
That's the funny thing about goals. You work hard to try and achieve them; but more often than not, the journey to the goal is more memorable than the goal itself. And yet, we still pursue them. Because having a goal is better than not having one.
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Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.
I agree with most of what you said there. I think we as a species need some sort of goal to work towards, even if its something vague and hard to understand, otherwise we just feel lost. I guess you could say that the curse of a higher intelligence is that you're doomed to constantly question your own meaning.
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I see it also as a metaphor for the "Sunk Cost" Fallacy. We dedicate much time and effort into reaching a goal, becoming something, looking for something, someone, only to continuously come up empty handed, our goals and desires no closer today than they were yesterday, last week, last month, last year.Β
So instead of reevaluating, recalibrating our goals and expectations, we double down on our efforts, dedicate more resources, and continue chasing that chimera.
But then again, I can be a cranky old fart in the morning, before I get at least 16oz. of hot, strong, black coffee in me.Β Β
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This is indeed the most accurate interpretation of what I was thinking when I wrote it. So if you're a cranky old fart, I probably am also xD
The later posts aren't wrong either though. The reason we put ourselves through such a tiresome, never-ending journey, is because our goals or ambitions are so important to us. Thank you very much for your comment! I hope you enjoyed it.
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Oh, it definitely resonates. See "Long Black Road" by Electric Light Orchestra.Β www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab1sOKβ¦
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