Life's Labyrinth Poem by John Sensele

Along the way as our lives unfold
We learn not to spurn
Chances and advances new and old
To build, shield, field, wield and experiental emancipation we earn.

Along the way as wisdom wanders among and in us
We learn to discern
Chaff from charm without fuss
As trash and trivia we opt to burn.

Along the way as we make new acquaintances
We weigh prospects for new productive projects
In which we minimize balances of circuitous circumstances
As in our choices and voices caution and care wisdom injects.

Along the way as we discover reasons for
The existence and experience we endure
In the trajectory and travail which before
We blink, dink, sink, clink or think upon us descends a connubial cure.

Along the way as our social circles expand
We earn from laggards, ladidas and lecturers
How to understand nuances and how to disband
Cabals and cartels teeming with torturers.

Along the way as our thrift thrives
We develop pecuniary patterns
Which embrace choices in which chives
Feature fully to power our live lanterns.

Along the way as our politics prove
Ponderous we learn to deter drivel
From creating costly catastrophes in a move
To ensure a director's departure in the wake of a suit civil.