Is this worth anything poetically?

Question

Two way Path

I found a path paved in gold

offering me riches

“Just down the way

so much to gain”

and so

I walked along the path

Sun gleaming

on the nine carrot stones

Each pebble would gain a mansion

and there I found

at long end

nothing but a hollow chest

made so fine and beautiful

with nothing left within

Paths anticipation

was built up far more

then any riches promised

could return to they that tread

One last chance was offered me

to return to the crossroads

to walk the lonely path of dust

where at the end

I found love and life

in a single rose of red

Now Nature smiles

down on me

as I bloom in summers glow

by a path of trodden dirt

Answer 1

This is so deeply meaningful and so elegantly stated.  One path with seeming riches yeilds only an ornate empty chest while the divergent one with just a rose offers  "love and life". The quest would seem simple yet most people do not have the chance to retrace their steps in actuality.  The poem speaks of the inherent beauty of Earth as well, that the "path of trodden dirt" is the one toward fulfillment and the one paved with gems is toward barreness.  I love this.  It really makes me think.  Thank you.

Answer 2

Sure it is.

I am partial to the line:

"as I bloom in summer's glow"

Answer 3

It is worth the beauty it portrays, and the will it inspires.

Answer 4

Yes, it is worthy and poetic.  I enjoyed the journey of walking down the path and reaching awareness.

Answer 5

A brief, yet pretentious, dissertation on The Nine Carrot Stones of the Two Way Path.

Carrot, Karat, Caret, Carat. These homonyms give a lot of people trouble. "Carrot" is a root vegetable, usually orange. "Caret" is a punctuation mark that looks like an upside down "v." It points to a word that an author wishes to include in a line  previously written.* The next two are often confused with one another. I think it works like this: "Carat" refers to the size of a gemstone. "Karat" refers to the degree of purity of gold, "24 karat" being the highest level of gold used in jewelry. So your phrase may refer to nine petrified roots, or  gems of enormous size, or a very low level quality of gold. I'm going to assume that you meant all three. Thus I join Nature in smiling down at you.

*Can someone tell me how I can get my keyboard to type this sign?

Answer 6

carrot -- carat -- weight used to measure precious stones.

When I read the 9 carat stones line I immediately thought of diamonds.   So, my crafty mind says, why not pick a bunch as you head to the end where the rainbow must also end.

But I like your version so much more.  It is beautiful, lovely as you take the journey on the path unknown to find love and life and happiness.

Wonderful poem.

T.