Down This Path

Down this path,

I have searched for my center balance

in places you would never believe.

I’ve traveled this path

for my own reasons, of my own accord,

making decisions at forks in the road

merely by the position of the sun.

Down this path,

I’ve become a student of love

and an expert on loss

as I notched my experiences

on the learning curve of life.

Down this path,

I’ve planted flowers, given birth

and released my parents to the earth.

I’ve soaked up sunshine, washed in rain

and written things no one will ever read.

Down this path,

I hope I have touched you as you walked by

and made a difference in your life,

as you have in mine

If you should follow me down this path,

it could be a dubious decision.

I know neither where it came from

nor where it leads.

Sandy Hazley, 2002