I took not only “the path less travelled”*
But also the thorny trail uphill “where angels fear to tread”.¨**
I never went the easy way of “god pleasers” and “silent followers”
For I wasn’t cut out to please nor to be a follower.
Others have achieved the highest desires of their hearts like in a fairy tale
Which usually ends with the clause, “and they lived happily ever after.”
They are the ones who have enjoyed the good life in comfort and recreation
Right smack at the gilded center of “a land flowing with milk and honey.”
I’m not where they are because I chose to do things the hard way.
I chose this life because in doing so, I knew I would be true to myself.
I haven’t changed–and won’t ever change–this commitment
As I’m still –and will always be–true to myself.
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* with apologies to Robert Frost
** with apologies to E.M. Forster
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