The Rhoda Not Taken... Poem by Denis Martindale

Two girls loved me, I understood,
Yet I was not an oaf…
I knew that it could not be good,
If I should love them both…
For one was kind, the other fair,
Each had a pretty name,
And yet I knew I must take care,
Or else must take the blame…
For me, there was no looking back,
I knew not what to pray…
For what words should I say,
If I such wisdom lack?
And since time flies so quickly by,
Of course, I could sit on the fence…
Two loves, one only good…
Then came my choice, no asking why…
And she has made all the difference…


Denis Martindale April 2020.


The love poem is a different version of
Robert Frost's THE ROAD NOT TAKEN.