The Path

I walk down life’s road All to see and to be To bear my alloted load To give for free or to charge a fee To pen every masterful ode As authentically as can only be me To see and to be seen To learn and to teach To be apprentice and to be dean To bequeath and to reach That the shine and sheen from where I’ve been May inspire each and herald a good preach To do good and to faint not Is not without the temptation to be weary To painstakingly write to then blot Be far from my schedule and diary Never to tell of only how close I got But to enter my rest truly and surely To eat of the good of the land To match the seasons with readiness To increase as the grains of sand In Godliness, in count, in business And that mastery stays in head and hand A second nature so effortless To keep my mind on my matter And where it matters others to mind To stay clear of the chatter meant to flatter And seek what is virtuous to find And only wisdom and life to utter That it may be well where I opined K. Muitherero