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Stillness Is a Crossroad

It can lead to boredom or perfect peace.

Walter Pop Matthews IV
1 min readAug 8, 2021
Photo by Justin Luebke on Unsplash

Which road will I take? The left or the right?

One is the devil’s playground, one I bask in the light

One I feel awakened and the other I feel vacant

One I get complacent and one I learned patience

Awakening feeling lighter it prepares me for the tests

Vices wait in line for me whenever I feel stressed

Sometimes I get weary, I just want to get some rest

I can get drained from disappointment

Or when i’m not my best

That’s when I take the wrong path

That predictable road

The one I lose control and just give up my soul

The one you try to pour into that never ending hole

With temporary fixes

That’ll eventually take it’s toll

Lead me to the green pastures

Where the water is still

I’m a sheep laying on the meadow

Surrendering getting filled

Detoxing from the poison

Alkalizing all that’s within

Left turn is a wolves den

Right I can leave behind my sins

Begin again

Heavy wings won’t allow me to fly

One road the old me will live

I take the road

Where the old me dies.

I’m never bored

When i’m in the arms of peace.

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Walter Pop Matthews IV
Walter Pop Matthews IV

Written by Walter Pop Matthews IV

A writer who has written an autobiography in poetry form, songs, a play and thought provoking commentary on various online platforms.

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