Exceptional Still trying to create myself Still Searching by Todd Bourgeois Free Verse Poem contest entry Artwork by alaskapat at FanArtReview.com

I left bread crumbs back to the shore of the place where I thought I could return and  cook words over a fire. But the birds ate my map. So, I wandered in the forest of middle age, thinking I was still young enough to run, but too old to relate. My friends have all grown, but I am not left here alone. I look for a place to  lay my head and call this "ME". Little cabins in the woods, half built and abandoned. Projects started and never finished. Only ever to find a place that was mine. Yet, still I search after all this time.   Author Notes Playing the comparison game at middle age is not a recipe for positive mental health. This was a tough write.

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