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
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