I couldn’t think of anything to write today, so I consulted the official NaPoWriMo site to see what the daily writing prompt had to offer. The challenge is to write a poem inspired by a fortune from a fortune cookie. Isn’t is fortunate that my husband ordered Chinese food tonight? Yes indeed. The first line of this tritina was my fortune.

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Destiny

Change your thoughts and you change your destiny,
but my thoughts are not mine alone
Dark voices whisper, luring me from my path

I stumble down the dangerous path,
wandering further from my destiny,
terrified, trembling, and alone

The whispers fade and I’m alone
with my thoughts upon a different path
At last, I find my destiny

My destiny is to walk this path alone