In the future, I have achieved my goal of becoming a Kindergarten teacher. I work and live in the perfect white picket fence community. I own a beautiful house with a big backyard and an in-ground pool. I live with my loving husband and our two children. My family and I are financially stable. We are able to live comfortably. We are able to pursue our dreams of traveling. We take a family vacation, once a year, to a tropical location. This future life is good; this future life is ideal.
The Twist
During summer vacation, the family decided to take a trip to Florida. We were having a marvelous time sitting on the beach and enjoying each others company. On the way back from a hiking adventure, we deceived to stop for refreshments at a local store. While in the store, my husband decided to buy a lottery ticket; which was a once in a while type of thing. In the car he reached in his pocket and searched for the perfect lucky quarter. "Aha!" he said as he pulled one out and started to scratch the ticket. I was about to drive away, when I heard him say "woohoo!" We had only won $20. It wasn't much, but it was exciting to win something. My husband went back into the store to buy another ticket with the lucky winnings. We left the store and drove back to our beach house.
When we arrived home, I started cooking dinner for the family. My husband came into the kitchen and on the countertop was the unscratched ticket. He had forgotten all about it. He scratched it and his face lit up with joy. He started screaming, "We won! We won! We hit it big!" I turned around to look at him because I thought he was kidding around. I took the ticket from his hands and to my surprise we had won the jackpot! We were set for life! Now, we live extravagant lives happily traveling the world together.
Plan B
Instead of staying in school and completing a college degree, I dropped out to fulfill desires of traveling the word. My adventures have led me to places I've only had the opportunity to dream of. I've become friends with new, interesting, and influential people along the way. While traveling through Europe, I had the chance to meet a handsome, honest, respectful, and overall kind-hearted man. This man asks to take my hand in marriage. I excitedly accept the marriage proposal and we spend the rest of our lives exploring the magnificent far off corners of the world together. We eventually pick our favorite place by the beach, buy the perfect house, settle down, and have a few children. We live out the rest of our lives in happiness; knowing that all our dreams were fulfilled.
The grace of the universe
The universe is conspiring with you
It bestows upon a blanket of grace
Warm and soft to the touch
Giving light to a magical passage way
A passage way opening up to
A wider path
Follow this trail with curiosity
Have faith and trust in the universe
Believe in its grace
Good things are coming toward you
All things happen for a reason
For an ultimate good
Don't resist the grace
Welcome it as it unfolds around you
Take this spiritual journey
Fulfill your undeniable dreams and
Live through all your aspirations
Be open and optimistic to these new opportunities
Anticipate any awaiting adventures
Accept the gifts provided by the universe
And the limitless opportunities it presents
Take the ride of a lifetime
Hold on
Where ever this wider path takes you,
Don't let the universes shifts or changes
Stop you
Don't loose your strength
Be powerful and use your perseverance to
KEEP GOING...
Embrace the grace giving universe
And it's infinite paths of winding wisdom
Emily,
ReplyDeleteGreat design on this post. I really like the faded, nostalgic images (big) that you post throughout. They make your post look like a magazine spread, or, at least, a very hip website.
Great work.
Your A and B stories are simple and to the point. They are well written and clear. Think even beyond the job and the husband and kids. What else could you place into these futures? Think back to your vision board. What other random things do you want?
Your poem is solid. Great work on consistently writing in your style, which is inspirational. Your poems include lots of lessons learned. I noticed, over the weeks, that you have this distinctive style, where your lines are like little islands. Each one is a tiny sentence that does not spill into the next line. There's a pause, as if there were little periods. Although this is your distinct style, try to push yourself beyond this structure as well. Think about letting some of the sound, the lines, the meaning... continue onto other lines. As if you could split a sentence into 4 lines. Complicate things a little.
Try it out!
GR: 95 (amazingly consistent quality)