Destiny’s Inner Compass


How elusive this preordination,
this road designed only you can travel.

How precarious the voyage,
where side roads and paths
battle for one’s detour.

Yet that road less traveled
is programmed for you alone,
the journey you’re are meant to pursue,
divested of a gambler’s fate,
assured verity at journey’s end.

Surviving the trek
demands recognition of ill-conceived ambition,
awareness of inherent faults,
humbleness of strength,
avoidance of diversion’s quicksand,
and the trust of one’s inner compass.

Occasionally…

One meets along the way the innocent,
beleaguered by others' control,
traveling back to where they started,
sadly aware their heart remains
hostage to subjugation.

Oh, how wounded we are destined to feel
as unresolved happenstance takes us by surprise.

Fate…

Destiny…

Arguably a choice for status quo,
or a strong effort against the current,
that need to exercise a conviction
to be our own person…
regardless.