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Soulette

from Wake Up Gasping by Angela Brett

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A poem I wrote in the year 2000 in response to the writing prompt, 'the steep and thorny road to Heaven'.

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You chose your path to heaven,
the steep and thorny way.
But does it even go there?
There were no signs to say.

You followed parents blindly
'til your eyes had cleared the bush,
then saw the paved and shallow paths;
resented parents' push.

"Why aren't we going that way?"
You asked, and Mother said,
"That's not the way to heaven,
you'd regret it when you're dead."

You didn't quite believe it,
but friends said, "she's not wrong,"
then raised their hands to heaven
and filled your mind with song.

Mesmerised with music
and keen to serve the Lord,
you bore your grazes proudly
and stumbled boldly forward.

Now you scramble through the bramble,
in constant sacrifice,
filt'ring out the other roads;
never thinking twice

What happens if you get there,
and find you've won no gain...
that all your cuts and scratches
were suffered through in vain?

Parents, friends and preachers pray
"Go the steep and thorny way!"
There never is a sign to say;
Is this the right direction?

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from Wake Up Gasping, released April 8, 2021

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