I Write - Decade Edition - Roaring 20's

The Way

Finding our way in the world is never easy
Conditioning and expectations cloud our judgments.
We get trapped in a box
Wrapped in a dichotomy of black and white
Good girl versus Slut
Independent woman versus past principles.
We have all swallowed the dogma
And we all suffer because of it.

8 lines.
Free Verse.

Notes ▼

Written for "EXPRESS IT IN EIGHT" 
Prompt: The Way - song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6oQ2g69ZDo
I LOVE this song. This was trickier to write because the song sticks in my head and makes it hard to write something new. I also watched a YouTube video of the meaning behind the song.
What helped break a path for me and The Way was reading Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power (I highly recommend it).


"The Way"
Written by Enrique Iglesias / Kara Dioguardi / David Siegel / Steve Morales
Sung by Fastball

They made up their minds
And they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?

They drank up the wine
And they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down
They started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?

Anyone can see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer
They'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happier there today, today

Their children woke up
And they couldn't find 'em
They left before the sun came up that day
They just drove off and left it all behind 'em
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?

Anyone can see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer
They'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happier there today, today

Anyone can see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer
They'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happier there today, today