So
many paths to follow,
so
many possibilities and
how
to choose she asked,
why
should I choose, she
asked,
I can accept them all
for
no one can say
which
one is true
which
one is real
because
they are all real
and
true, because they all
lead
to the same end, she said,
as
she convinced herself
to
try everything,
to
do nothing.
Photograph by Petr Kratochvil via Public
Domain Pictures. Used with permission.
“The Way It Is
ReplyDeleteThere’s a thread you follow. It goes among
things that change. But it doesn’t change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can’t get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and get old.
Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding.
You don’t ever let go of the thread.
~ William Stafford ~”