Branches of Our Lives: A Reflection on the Effects of Time, Space, Situation, and Place

by Paul Cech / March 14th, 2021

The many branches of our lives
Biological
Psychological
Sociological
Cultural
Appear to move outward

Over time
Beginnings
Endings
Learning
Relearning

Over years
Decades
There are
Errors
Corrections
Reflections
Redirections
Never the same person
As the one who began the journey

When we settle-in with an idea
That is the moment we realize
That we need to change

The many branches of our lives
Appear to move outward
As the life we live moves inward
We realize how much we have changed

Paul Cech has been writing poetry since 1970. Several of his poems have been published as Saturday Poems in the Pittsburgh- Post Gazette and the Thomas Merton Center of Pittsburgh has published several of his poems in NewPeople. Read other articles by Paul.

This article was posted on Sunday, March 14th, 2021 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.