Been Around the Block

Joanne Olivieri
Promptly Written
Published in
1 min readNov 29, 2021

Leading nowhere

Photo by Tiểu Bảo Trương from Pexels

Been Around The Block

In no particular fashion
my feet splintered
carrying pieces of
bare soul.

I've been above
below and beyond
searching for home
leading nowhere,
while the road less taken
breeds familiarity and
I stumble across
my past.

Broken pebbles
line my soles
and the pain
only memory
remembers.
Trudging through
the endless maze
of roadblocks
home eludes me.

To bare the drudgery
of past indiscretions
I must walk
blindly above and across
the endless pitfalls
this journey provides.

My path
only lighted
by the wisdom
born of ageless
trial and error and
the path paved
with lessons learned.

Accepting change managing the disability is my only hope.

Now, I walk
around the block
where my feet
are grounded
to the comforts
of home.

Thank you to Ravyne Hawke for the The Weekly Special — Nov 29th-Dec 5th prompt.

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Joanne Olivieri
Promptly Written

Published author, poet and photographer. Love birds, animals, food, art, books, music. Contact jmcojo@gmail.com - https://medium.com/@jodapoet