Sep 2013
The easy road always leads to Nowhere.
I knew it before. My momma had warned me of it, of what I would see. I had two roads to choose from when it was time for me to go, when I would have to leave the comfort of my red bricked cottage.
I saw in front of me two roads diverged in a yellow wood.
Momma warned me about that easy road. "It leads to Nowhere," she always said.
Yet it was so attractive with its lush scenery and spacious roads. An entrance, painted bright blue. “Welcome to Anywhere!" In fact, many stayed awhile on these roads and gathered among themselves in trivial conversation. There was no need to hurry, no place to be over there in Anywhere.
Laughter could be heard from miles away.
The road so simple could always be seen from the road so hard, sending down envy into the very stomachs of those brave enough to enter it.
The hard road was absolutely terrible.
It took too many sacrifices and short-lived enjoyments. No pretty signs welcomed me in. Only a caution to the cowardly lay hidden among scraggy thorns.
The entrance was vile, a landscape unpleasant to my eyes.
Pain and sadness waited often on the sidewalk there. No mercy for those who slipped and showed a bit of weakness. The roads were bumpy and tumultuous. One cannot simply count on their fingers how many times they would trip on this road.
The hard road was less traveled and therefore extremely lonely. No person in sight. No sound could be heard except for the eerie laughter echoing from the roads of Anywhere.
..But, boy, let me tell you. I have come to the end of that road, calloused and bruised
and my joy lay in the knowledge of the fact that Somewhere was waiting for me.
The hard road leads to Somewhere.
When I reached it that was when I knew:
Somewhere is so much more better than Nowhere.
Even better than Anywhere
Somewhere is worth it.
And to see it on the horizon, at the end of the long road of hardship..
when there were no more pebbles to step on
or pain lurking in the shadows to be afraid of
I knew right there and then
Somewhere was deserved by me
Somewhere was mine
and that has made all the difference.
I knew it before. My momma had warned me of it, of what I would see. I had two roads to choose from when it was time for me to go, when I would have to leave the comfort of my red bricked cottage.
I saw in front of me two roads diverged in a yellow wood.
Momma warned me about that easy road. "It leads to Nowhere," she always said.
Yet it was so attractive with its lush scenery and spacious roads. An entrance, painted bright blue. “Welcome to Anywhere!" In fact, many stayed awhile on these roads and gathered among themselves in trivial conversation. There was no need to hurry, no place to be over there in Anywhere.
Laughter could be heard from miles away.
The road so simple could always be seen from the road so hard, sending down envy into the very stomachs of those brave enough to enter it.
The hard road was absolutely terrible.
It took too many sacrifices and short-lived enjoyments. No pretty signs welcomed me in. Only a caution to the cowardly lay hidden among scraggy thorns.
The entrance was vile, a landscape unpleasant to my eyes.
Pain and sadness waited often on the sidewalk there. No mercy for those who slipped and showed a bit of weakness. The roads were bumpy and tumultuous. One cannot simply count on their fingers how many times they would trip on this road.
The hard road was less traveled and therefore extremely lonely. No person in sight. No sound could be heard except for the eerie laughter echoing from the roads of Anywhere.
..But, boy, let me tell you. I have come to the end of that road, calloused and bruised
and my joy lay in the knowledge of the fact that Somewhere was waiting for me.
The hard road leads to Somewhere.
When I reached it that was when I knew:
Somewhere is so much more better than Nowhere.
Even better than Anywhere
Somewhere is worth it.
And to see it on the horizon, at the end of the long road of hardship..
when there were no more pebbles to step on
or pain lurking in the shadows to be afraid of
I knew right there and then
Somewhere was deserved by me
Somewhere was mine
and that has made all the difference.
