The Unexpected Difference

I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -- Robert Frost I wondered, as I wandered, if I lost much, having squandered, took time to think of all the things I’d done - the pathways that I’d chosen, save for one, had left me cold and frozen, more or less, except the narrow gate I traveled through. And since then, life’s less raveled, by and by. Reflecting why I chose it, and seeing how life goes, it makes me think that my steps were ordained. For when my hand has played, effect has not a pittance made, but there within his sight, all the while protected, the world is right, the glorious and unexpected difference. ---------- the 'Golden Shovel' - similar to a contest we had earlier, but a little different. You take a line or phrase from a poem, and make each word the last word in a line from a new poem, keeping the words in order. https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/golden-shovel-poetic-form