The Road I Long to Travel
July 5,2011
By Rose Marie Rideout

Before you there was no other,
But a very large family,
My Parents and sisters and brothers,
But no magical love to fill my path.
Then there was you, in all your glory,
I didn’t need a paved way,
Dodging along was great on the gravel.
This was the road I long to travel.
I saw light and felt the warmth,
I found love and shared smiles,
I found peacefulness and joy,
I found you along the road of gravel,
Walking with me on the road I long to travel.
Nights were quiet and tears fell easy,
Tears of joy and smiles stretched for miles,
For what I needed, what I longed for, I found,
You and I together on the road of gravel,
This was the road I lwas meant to travel.