Thursday, June 6, 2024

The path least traveled May 28, 2024

 I have to stop

Going on and on

As if I am Merlin

Living my life in reverse,

And can somehow

Get back to that space

Before all this began,

I might pretend

I can get

What I’m not entitled to,

Where I might start over

And undo all the mistake

Before I actually

Make them,

When we all know

None of that is possible,

Condemned to repeat them

In some fashin or another,

Or crash into brick walls

Unanticipated.

I have to stop

While I’m still ahead,

Before I get lost in space,

Again,

And can’t find my way

Back home.

There is no going back,

No turning aside,

Except onto a path

I should not tread on,

The least traveled

For a good reason,

Full of detours and

Signs of danger,

Sometimes it is

A good idea

To follow the

Well-traveled track,

Getting where we

Intended to go

In the first place.



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