A Long Road Ahead

It's a long road ahead

Lined by canopy of pines

Along flowers and thorns

Patches of green and barren lands

Full of bends

Diverging into different paths,

Without end

Drifting in all direction,

Leading to someplace far

Divulging new routes,

Revealing destinations where we all want to be

A path waiting to be traversed and to be claimed.

As I took the first step

Look behind, a voice whispered

To the established life, safe and of comfort

But I wasn’t listening to it

A far distant calling has held me captive

A far deeper touch has lurched the indolent exterior.

Settle here, a loud wail pierced through

Now the voice gaining strength

And as it did

The long road ahead began to disperse

Being replaced slowly by a wall;

Rising higher and higher

Obstructing, limiting my view.

It is dawn and I could see

A stunted yellow smirk on the face of sky

Like teasing me, allowing a fair glare

Yet every second I let go

It smudged farther and farther

Until it lies bare in the sky

Gleaming but too bright to lock eyes

And I stood amazed

Startled by its obvious presence.

Amidst the pull of old

And the bright sun above

It's a long road ahead, I gasped

But thrilled by the sound

Of my first step

I am eager to take more, muse and hear more

It's a long journey ahead, I restrained

My determination might break

My resolute, my anatomy would be tested

Looking above, I too smirked

And freeing myself from doubt

I depart.