4.09.2009

the winding path

The winding path that lies ahead,
Worn by others, but fresh to these feet,
That path does not fork merely into two:
Turn right and choose life, left and accept death.

No, that path instead forks a hundred times over,
Each branch marked not by absolute white or black,
But instead by intervening shades of gray,
Beckoning the adventurer who refuses to turn back.