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I Walked The Path
I walked the path that I had placed
before me, for I cleared the way
with my thoughts and deeds.
But I came to think this course
was chosen for me, as it was longer
and harder than at first I believed!
I struggled at each turn to stay true
to myself, since I had renounced
my center with lies and stealth.
When I saw this great error, I made
rigorous amends and realized great
changes with my changing intent!
The difficulties ahead leveled out to
a smooth road, going so easy and
peaceful to lead me back home.
Upon my arrival, I found home so
strange: it was just the same as
before, but I had changed!
The journey I had taken—to find out
who I truly was—had circled back
to myself and I truly found love.
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Three Dark Horses)
"I am the darkness which brings the light!"
My Spiritual Notes:
The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: This poem is a metaphor for me dealing with My Karma!
Just so you know, I revised this poem, as I often do with my writing! And I changed how this poem was written when I was editing it on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer," "Small All White in the Forest" and "Three Dark Horses" blogs. So, I wanted to show you how this poem used to be written, before I revised it as above.
And it used to be written like this:
I Walked The Path
I walked the path that I had placed
before me, for I cleared the way
with my thoughts and deeds.
But I came to think this course
was chosen for me, as it was longer
and harder than at first I believed!
I struggled at each turn to stay true
to myself, since I had renounced
my center with lies and stealth.
When I saw this great error, I made
rigorous amends and realized great
changes with my changing intent!
The difficulties ahead leveled out to
a smooth road, so easy going and
peaceful to lead me back home.
Upon my arrival, I found home so
strange: it was just the same as
before—but I had changed!
The journey I had taken, to find out
who I truly was, had circled back
to myself and I truly found love.
Thus, I revised this poem to be written as it is above.
And this poem was also published on my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."
This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
P.S.: If you are interested in reading all of the posts in the series I wrote that include the poem "I Walked The Path" from the above-mentioned blogs, which are listed under the post title, "For Self-Reflection, Part 1" through "For Self-Reflection, Part 7" on both of my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs, please see the hyperlinks below:
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com/search/label/For%20Self-Reflection
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/search/label/For%20Self-Reflection
P.P.S.: If you are interested in reading all of the posts in the series I wrote that include the poem "I Walked The Path" from the above-mentioned blogs, which are listed under the post label, "God's Path" on both of my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs, please see the hyperlinks below:
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com/search/label/God%27s%20Path
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/search/label/God%27s%20Path
This "Three Dark Horses" Post No. 030 was edited on May 5th, 2024.
"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
