Fractals
Author’s note: This poem is inspired by The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. Hope you enjoy it! 🙂
I walked down that road,
A well paved one,
Often walked upon,
Stumbled on a stone
Shapely and firm,
Patterns on the stone
Beautiful, elegant
Like fractals, ever growing,
Nudged close, defining shape.
Further down that road,
Path branches,
One paved; another not-so.
That path so winding,
So rocky, muddy
Yet in the disarray,
There was a beauty, seen only by few,
Like fractals, ever growing,
Ever winding…
I took the path,
The unpaved one, so dusty,
Sweat and blood visible on it,
Of people that walked before,
Path was unused, used by a handful,
The few who dared,
Drops of sweat, pints of blood,
Forming patterns
Like fractals, ominous
Yet, somehow motivating!
Eyes get hazy,
Breath strenuous,
Mouth dry,
Drops of sweat,
Pints of blood,
The air gets hotter,
Shadows dance with mirth
Dark, yet beautiful,
Like fractals, weaving.
Perseverance is harder done,
Easier said, tried by some,
Some who dared,
Take that path,
Now filled with flowers,
Like from a dream,
A distant dream
Squirrels, deer and fish alive,
Yes there was water,
Not made of sweat,
But borne from it,
Flower beds  lasting till land unseen,
Patterns of them
Like fractals, beautiful,
Mystical, like from a fantasy
Drawing rhapsodies of joy
I sit down,
On the first clearing,
Still have that stone,
Throw it out onto the river,
Ripples formed,
Continuous, symmetrical,
Like fractals formed, clear.
Reading the ripples,
Listening to the chirp,
Feeling the hooves,
Sensing the breeze,
I fell asleep.
S. Narayanswamy
First of all, Robert Frost? The Instructor and Flight Controller at NASA? I didn’t know he’s a poet. Moving on, it was a nice poem. Somehow, it reminded me of Game of Thrones; maybe just the ambience and scenery it created in my head! 😛 How come there is no mention of fractals in the Perseverance… stanza? I found that somehow inconsistent. I have a consistency OCD and I couldn’t let that go, hence mentioned it. Otherwise pretty nice. And, you have to get back to me on Robert Frost.
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Robert Frost is a brilliant poet. And about the inconsistency. I didn’t even notice it until now. I don’t put a lot of thought into writing poems. Thanks for your wonderful reviews man. They always give me something to improve on. 😀
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Oh is it?! The name does ring a bell, NASA-guy notwithstanding. I know you don’t put a lot of thought, but you should review them nonetheless!
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Aye sir. I shall.
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Thanks a lot.
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The stanza was actually a part of the stanza after that. But I typed like that by mistake. But It made a lot of aesthetic since like this, so I let it be. And no haha no game of thrones in this :p
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