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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>I\u2019m coming to a crossroads,
And I\u2019m finding myself torn.
Do I take the road less traveled,
Or the one a bit more worn?<\/p>
I tend to lean more frequently,
On charting my own course.
But sometimes I feel torn between,
A wild or broken horse.<\/p>
I\u2019m torn between the open road,
Or spending time at home.
I\u2019m torn between the painted look,
Or polished steel and chrome.<\/p>
I\u2019m torn between a simple style,
Or lots of chicken lights.
I\u2019m fickle when I\u2019m torn between,
The daytime or the night.<\/p>
I\u2019m not so indecisive,
Then again I\u2019m not so sure.
I\u2019m torn between the kid in me,
And something more mature.<\/p>
I\u2019m torn between a flat-top Pete,
Or a short and slanted hood.
That\u2019s a lie, to tell the truth,
In that regard I\u2019m good.<\/p>
At first I used the word respect,
Then changed it to regard.
I\u2019m torn between the two,
\u2018Cause writing poetry is hard.<\/p>
It ain\u2019t much fun to be so torn,
When clarity\u2019s a must.
And being indecisive,
Makes my instincts hard to trust.<\/p>
I\u2019m torn between the views I see,
And which ones I like best.
The rolling hills back east,
Or the mountains in the west?<\/p>
All these things I\u2019m mentioning,
Are trivial, that\u2019s true.
I\u2019m torn between my comfort zone,
And trying something new.<\/p>
We all will face dilemma,
Since the day that we are born.
Just pray for more discernment,
And you might not feel so torn.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Aren\u2019t we all just a little bit fickle? We want one thing, and then when we have it, we find ourselves wanting something else. That trait can be quite exhausting if it\u2019s mixed with indecisiveness. Have you ever been considering your route for the trip you\u2019re taking, but you can\u2019t decide if you want to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-poetry-in-motion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31310"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31352,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31310\/revisions\/31352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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