Painting Outside the Lines
Painting Outside the Lines
Our lives are made, by end of day
with rules we choose to disobey—
those pathways we choose to walk down
to find a different part of town.
Strange roads to new territory
that make the ending of our story
one unplanned, our life replotted.
All carefully scribed plans now blotted
out, with new ones wildly scribbled
in new colors brash and ribald—
breaking rules carefully set
for new patterns you won’t regret,
making our lives messier,
more “maybe” and less “yessier.”
Every rigid rule undone
might simply make our lives more fun.
For Esther’s Writing Prompt: Outside
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
You definitely thought out of the box on this one. Well done
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Thanks, Derrick. So good to be supported by our friends when we step outside the norms.
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I love this take on the prompt, Judy 💗
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Thanks, Esther. Actually, I could never stand to color outside the lines. Metaphorically, it was a different matter.
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Love your poem dear friend
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Thanks, Sadje. Hope you are well and safe.
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Many thanks my friend. Yes we are safe from the insanity going on in our neighboring country. May we all stay safe from the war mania of power hungry people.
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xoxo
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I agree Judy. What fun it is to live free of expectations that seek conforming to the status quo. I always said that the bad girls always seemed to have more fun and be freer.
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I love hearing this view from a lady of the cloth
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