Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIFE'S VENTURE, by JESSE SILL


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LIFE'S VENTURE, by                    
First Line: I've followed the trail / for many a year
Last Line: Our feet getting caught.
Subject(s): Adventure And Adventurers; Roads; Travel; Paths; Trails; Journeys; Trips


I've followed the trail
For many a year,
Over hill and over vale
Until they'd disappear.
Then I'd take another
And follow it through,
No better than the other
But I thought it would do.
Thus through the years,
I've gone on my way
And now it appears
I'm travelling the same way.

A cow in a pasture
Looked over the fence;
She liked the picture
And thought she had sense.
The grass wasn't greener
But the cow thought it was;
Because of her demeanor
She would not longer pause.
I found her next day
Tangled up in the wire,
And to her dismay
A thing she didn't desire.

And thus through the years
As we travel them through
It forever appears,
We seek a better view,
And we take a course
That the cow did,
And come out worse.
But it can't be undid,
Why not be content
With what we have got?
And then we could prevent
Our feet getting caught.





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