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Compass

Compass

this road

I’d never taken

has become

“The Beaten Path”

where leaves have left

tall trees

and rain has fell

from gray

and rays have followed days

opening a year

that on the first

well was …

the amputation

parents know

the limb of letting go

merely a warm-up

for the stretch

and there are plenty ahead

and plenty behind

and plenty who have

crossed that finish line

and winded there

they are

at a crossroads

“The Beaten Path”

behind

three roads

ahead

TL

Published inTamiko Lowery