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The Web Poetry Corner - Joris John Heise - The Road of Life%C3%AF%C2%BF%C2%BDKindness & Peace

The Road of Life%C3%AF%C2%BF%C2%BDKindness & Peace

by

Joris John Heise

No cars cruised those old stone Roman roads,
Nor traveled down to take in the weird baptizer,
Nor dangled St. Christopher medals to keep them safe.

Each person is a car, though, that treks ahead—
Each life its journey towards the grave where God is,
And ancient they—like us—got lost; some found their way again.

Each occasion we enter, start our cars,
We have a goal to go—or pleasant wish—
And there we run with practiced competence.

To take responsibility--to drive our cars--
Forms just a small fulfillment of our time alive;
But all our hours craft a larger venture—a traveling travail—

To reach ever-realer God beyond the end of hopes.

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