" Diverged " By Jacky Kapadia At dawn where quiet crossroads softly gleam, Two silent paths pulled thought from steady ground, One paved with echoes of a borrowed dream, The other wild, where truth is rarely found. I lingered where the compass lost its voice, Where doubt and wonder wrestled in my chest, No map could teach the courage of a choice, No crowd could tell which way would serve me best. So I chose the trail that questioned who I’d be, Where shadows spoke and certainty was thin, Each step unmade the man I used to see, And carved a voice I had not held within. Now looking back through time’s unfolding thread, The roads still whisper what I might have been, Yet in the life this divergence has led, I found not loss—but where I must begin. ==================END=================== #diverged, #poetry, #modernpoetry, #poemwriting, #creativewriting, #writersofinstagram, #poetsofinstagram, #poetrycommunity, #poem, #writinginspiration, #literaryart, #wordsmith, #artofwords, #deepthoughts, #introspective, #selfdiscovery, #lifechoices, #pathless, #journeywithin, #philosophicalpoetry

"The Road Not Taken, or Was It? " By Jacky Kapadia Two paths once whispered through the trees, One dressed in gold, one veiled in green, I paused between their quiet pleas— Yet chose the one I’d always seen. For was it choice, or subtle design, A leaning heart, a patterned mind? Did I decide, or did time align To guide me gently, undefined? I speak of courage, roads untried, Of daring steps and fearless will, But truth walks softly at my side— Perhaps I followed echoes still. And years will paint this tale as mine, A path unique, a fate I cast, Yet in the end, I trace the line… Was it my choice—or shadows past? ==================END=================== #theroadnottaken, #inspirationalpoetry, #philosophicalpoem, #deepmeaningpoetry, #lifechoices, #decisionmaking, #fatevschoice, #motivationalpoetry, #modernpoetry, #reflectivepoetry, #originalpoetry, #thoughtprovoking, #creativewriting, #emotionalpoetry, #symbolicpoetry, #destinyvsfreewill, #shortpoems, #literarypoetry, #artisticwriting, #poetrycommunity, #lifejourney, #introspective, #meaningfulpoetry, #humannature, #deepthoughts