I came to a split in the road in my mind late last night

To the left was security. The unknown lay to the right

If I stayed on the safe path I’d be on even keel

Treading down a path I knew like a hamster on a wheel

Life would be unchanging the future just like the past

A constant repetition with a spirit life typecast

The right offered me a challenge, a life that surprised

A chance to expand my horizons with a mind unanaesthestized

By other people’s realities and institutionalized rules

That cage my spirit’s wonder and strip me of my tools

My mind struggled all night with the possibilities each path offered

The safety of the narrow road with guardrails that deterred

Me from stepping out of the boundaries other had chosen to erect

To offer the traveler the safety of always doing what is correct.

Yet something deep inside me whispered the right path is my way

I need to be released from safety to so what I must do and say what I must say

I need to see all things and experience both joy and laughter and sorrow and pain

The price may be high, but true wisdom and knowledge is the gain

As dawn’s fingers crept across the morning sky I settled the matter in my mind

My spirit needed freedom so I left the safe road behind.

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