26 October 2012
The Narrow Way
The narrow way
is not a crack
in the garden wall
The narrow way
is not a path
through the wilderness
The narrow way
is not a tightrope
across a great divide
The narrow way
my friend is this
The narrow way
is through the crowd
through the crashing waves
through the onrushing mob
The narrow way is squeezing your shoulders through
that second birth canal
the crowd going the opposite way
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Again, here your last three lines really hit! I love the idea of a "second birth canal," and particularly the linking of the concept of a birth canal, or going through it, equivalent to going through a crowd the opposite way - immediately brings the reader into the sense of frustration.
ReplyDeleteHey Amber,
DeleteThanks for your kind and attentive comment. This poem has been in the works since January 2008. Finally settled on the birth canal idea last night.
Peace,
B.R.