One Step Behind

In between the crowded, rabbled woods,

I saw her gravely recall;

With infinite prospects crowding her mind,

She was dazzled with them all. 

She looked around in all the paths, 

Inferring all to be pleasing,

She yet had to choose just a single,

The one, the most amusing. 

Bewildered and astonished,

Perplexed she stood;

Bamboozled in between,

All the roads good. 

The trees were all green,

The woods all appealing. 

The grass showcasing options bright,

Fell closer to her, kneeling. 

I saw her take a step behind,

I saw her walking back. 

I saw her breathing calm in peace,

Sedating the greenest track. 

I found a stillness in her soul,

When I decided to ponder;

Anxious with what would she do,

My pulse began to wonder. 

Which path would she choose ,

Which road would she take;

The woods were all amusing,

But she had bonds to make. 

I see her shut her eyes to sleep,

And let her conscious loose;

Listening to the winds calling her,

So she gets to select her muse. 

All the routes did call her name,

But one had love to render;

It was then she recognised ,

The only woods embracing tender. 

And now I see a content girl,

Breathing in my reflections, 

Smiling at that one step backwards,

Which led to all exceptions. 

-StringentBard (Hafsah Faquih)