Road Unknown

We've passed it by........so many times Along this twisted........ asphalt highway A sign that's nailed,....... so crudely fashioned To peeling bark.......upon the yoke of gnarled, old cottonwood tree. It marks a fork of the ....backwood road Where gravel branches....bends and sways And meanders through......the glade >>.....??? Where lies a ...... dry creek bed >... And poison oak thrives ......and secrets hide >... Home for an old battered mailbox.......lonely and bereft >... So many times,.......so many other days in passing by >... Catching glimpse of........peeling painted evidence >... Of something which lies....... beyond our view >... Have I wondered......... pondered, what lies beyond... >... What course if .........we followed.... >... If just this once ........we turned and broke away >.... .......... ......................................>.....> .......... ...................................>...... Changed our course....... followed the unknown. Where the creek ......... runs dry, And banks are rife........ With chokecherry....... and willow scrub The leaves layered....... with chalk white dust ........ Will we ever know ............. ......... What lies beyond the fork in the road? ......... Will we ever know?.....