How did we get here?!
By Rhiannonw
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How small a deviation
can lead you far away –
not to your chosen destination,
but to an unexpected place, astray!
*Once we missed our path
when from a hill descending,
took one angled slitghtly to the right
and when we reached the bottom we found
we were far from where we had been bound!
Another time our Satnav changed
the route we’d chosen to go home.
It proved a pleasant route to roam,
and, unexpectedly, we found we would pass near,
in fact right by the house of old friends, very dear
whom we had not seen for quite a while
– unplanned mistake that brought a smile!
*https://www.abctales.com/story/rhiannonw/lost-poetry-monthly
[IP: in an unexpected place]
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Ah, those unplanned journeys,
Ah, those unplanned journeys, serendipity, the frustrating joys of getting lost. No need for it to happen now - more's the pity. Life can become too predictable that way. Too deterministic for me! I still enjoy going out unguided and ending up somewhere I'd never seen before, and wouldn't have seen otherwise.
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Of course ordinary maps can
Of course ordinary maps can be useful then, and the skill to still know how to use them! Our grown-up children did, in alarm, get us a little hand-held satallite locator when they first came out as they were alarmed at how often we were getting (temporarily) lost on our walks in the hills!
But exploring new places is a delight isn't it, everywhere is so different from what you expect, when you get there!
Thank for read and comment, Rhiannon
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