Roads We Travel

Written December 29, 2006. A poem about mistakes in life.

I took the path less traveled
A path that seemed to end in misery and suffering
Bearing on my back a cross I thought I was to bear
A cross I perhaps need not bear

I took the path less traveled
Hoping the path will diverge to a path of righteousness and joy
Grinding my teeth and telling myself not to give up hope
That at the end of the road to Calvary comes salvation

I took the path less traveled
A path that brought me away from my close friends and family
Their effortful attempts to recover me made futile by thorns I planted in their way
Thorns that pricked them, hurt them, and made them stay away

I took the path less traveled
This path took me in the opposite direction from God
A direction I was never supposed to take
I want to head towards the rising sun