Seeing into the Future

If we could see our futures

All neatly laid out before us

Like a banquet table or a super highway

Filled with painful moments mixed with joy

We would, like sheep, just plod along

Believing that this was our lot

We wouldn’t know we could change our stars

Walk our own paths, and create our own destinies

I am happy (I say so now)

To take the bad with the good; do what I can each day

I’ll pick myself up when life knocks me down

And dance in the buttercups when all is well

I aim to be smarter in creating my life

Make life happen rather than let it pass me by

So as much as, at times, I’d love to know

I’ll keep my chin up, keep on walking and govern my steps