Choices

As a child - I knew with the wind at my back

I could always move forward with ease.

It was simple - lean back and pick up both feet

and steer to wherever I please.

Life’s full of choices - a child’s not exempt -

so that wind somehow faded away

as choice upon choice shaped and molded my road

and my child got lost on the way.

I’ve been many places, and seen much of life

with both pleasant and unpleasant ends.

Yet there’s no choice I’d change, for my ultimate goal

is wisdom and mastery to transcend.

But for the rest of this journey, I’m getting acquainted again

with my child from so long ago;

to walk hand in hand in laughter and love,

lifting our feet as our winds start to blow.

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