Pathways

Everything has led to this point

all decisions
all mistakes
all triumphs
all hopes and dreams

night time curls around me,
made a little softer
because I understand

we cannot grow
any way else

part of the journey
is the lessons
part of the challenge
is the trials

they make us who
we are
who we must be


Some walk alone

some walk in
pairs or groups

some meet at crossroads
only to diverge again

it is the way of things

no story ever ends
just warps its way along

and “along” has
brought me here

here I meet new eyes
not my own
but coloured with
a similar song

And for that moment
I know again
I am not alone

who would think
a distant smile
could warm me so.