A Fork In the Road
A Fork in the Road
In everyone’s life, sooner or later,
Comes the day to face a fork in the road.
Ready or not, the chances are greater
To encounter this daunting, heavy load.
First, a state of stark confusion creeps in
Followed by a wave of apprehension
Forced by doubt, chagrin and indecision
Feeling lost on Earth too far from heaven.
The brain works hard traveling the cosmos
Time stands sill, turning courage to compost
‘Think!’ screams the soul with a self-full of doubt
Thunderous thoughts grope in the brain’s blackout.
Heart racing still envisions future moves
Hoping to find some invisible clues
Hints, the familiar; none but burials
Handful of options, slighted scenarios.
Anxiety grabs the heart by the neck
Applies pressure catches and releases
Air foul of odor impure in a speck
Announcing the arrival of feces.
A fork in the road maybe a cliché
But many can attest to its forte
Stressing the vestige to wrongfully choose
The desolate road to treacherously cruise.
The fork in the road splits two destinies:
A rendezvous with fate and penalties
Another with fortune and happiness;
One must go on, and proceed nonetheless.
A fork in the road will always draw near
To those without scope traveling in fear
Pick one or the other— its sole demand,
Choose the right one! — Its one-sided command.
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