This Road I Must Take 
Category: Writing and Poetry 

Dedicated to Audrey who lost Maithu

The Road I Must Take

This road I must take 
Is all my own
The harvest I reap
Is from the seeds that I've sewn
God either is or he isn't
There's no in between
If he isn't
That would be obscene
Yet whatever the case
Though time moves forward
I feel good for the life I've lived
Selfish and self centered though I be
I may not live for eternity
But I do yet see
The part I play in all mankind
Is to be me
And to find
Peace of mind
For the battles are all personal
I cannot change this world
So I make it better by changing me
One small pebble in the pond
Of eternity
Time is like an iron horse moving forward
He waits for no man
I have yet to catch him
Nor yet master his rhythms
Yet I have found when I let go
I see beautiful visions
For what happens is going to happen
I can take it tensed up
Or floating on a sea of tranquility
The choice is yet mine
To be yet worldly or divine
To climb the twisted vines
Inside my mind
And find beauty there
To lay it bare
Per chance you'll stop and stare
Yet if not
Somehow I know
That you love my beautiful soul
For I want only good to befall you
May you yet be filled with love
From up above
And find your voice
To share with me your prose and your sonnetts
Your finely chisled verbal sculptures
For I do yet find beauty in them
And in you
My beautiful friend
Even unto the end
The end of all things
And space and time
Now I shall kiss your soul
And hug you dearly
For you are unique and wonderful
Finely cut by the master crafstman
With multi colored facets
Your heart is a locket
Inside it are your important things
Trinkets and bobbles
Keepsakes you cherish
Keep this one last thing from me
I love you