Where to go?

by Chloe   May 21, 2015


One thousand steps back, yet one step behind
One body, one soul, one mind, where to go?
The choice is yours, but the path is made
North, South, East, West; what's the difference?

Land and Sea, Earth and Beyond
One glance from the fig, is it all not the same?
Body's to home as snail is to shell
Crawl, walk, run, sprint; new texture same ground

O, A, B, C Horizon, Dig Deeper, you'll see
It's like lying on a bed of rocks
Find ancient ruins, fossils, and art on the way
Touched by fingers like you, molded by souls unknown

The sea rages on, the lighthouse has awakened
The water has split, direction is clear
The backpack is filled, the map is empty
One thousand steps back, yet one step behind

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  • 8 years ago

    by Shark Puncher

    I really like this poem, and specifically these lines:

    "Body's to home as snail is to shell
    Crawl, walk, run, sprint; new texture same ground"

    My interpretation of this poem is one of two - I think you're implying is humanity is one of the same. It doesn't matter where you came from, what you experienced, our cultural differences or upbringing, or really, anything that makes us uniquely an individual. We breath the same air, we drink the same water and as Shakespeare has written, we bleed the same blood. Our lives are all equal (and as a small addendum: it's a shame, unintentionally, that people don't seem to realize this.)

    My second interpretation is more of a personal one. I also read it thinking that you feel the same, much like everybody else in the world. We literally walk on the same ground, despite leading vastly different lives, breath the same air, bleed the same blood, and well, are all the same. I felt reading it with this in mind that you feel there's no directive or objective in your life, and it makes me curious now with the slight ambiguity which interpretation is right (if at all).

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