Crossroads
Many years ago I stood at a
place of crossroads. I was so
young, so inexperienced and
so lacking in knowledge. Yes,
much I'd learned, but had the
the sources of my instruction
been totally correct? In youth
I had thought so, but today I
think back to that critical time.
I could have gone left or I could have gone right. I made a choice.
I walked on some more and faced another pair of crossroads which
would also have led me again down completely different pathways.
I wonder sometimes if I'd ever
have become a poet. I wonder
if I'd have stayed married to a
different partner or if I'd have
had two similar children. Would
opposite experiences have made
me very different? Would trials
have been different too? Some
of my physical trials would be
the same no doubt, but would
different circumstances cause
different reactions? I consider
the idea of parallel universes.
It fascinates me! Then again,
God alone knows the answers
to the things I consider. Along
life's road I continue, knowing
in the end, I will return to Him.
Sept. 26, 2021 for the Crossroads Contest of Kim Rodrigues
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