The Trail
Who gets the good?
Who gets the bad?
We do at least in here
We have it for the asking
We ask it of ourselves
We ask providence for help
This much we get
One step and then the other
And we’re on our way
Toward a path we’ve chosen
And which, if
Covertly (this is grace
until revealed, sometimes
a surprise)
Will have chosen us
The good then selecting
The bad will make a claim as well
Spirits will mediate
Depending on tradition and
Our current habits
Stay the path being generally
Good advice
Ready to move,
Even to change course
Should that become
Necessary
(tricks or illusions)
Good will let us alter ways
When needed
Bad should like to keep us in a rut
Neither trail
Path or gap
Being easy
Though we can ask for help, again
That divinity would show us
More than allegory
(though allegory, too)
We’re talking choices for
The way
And on the way
It shouldn’t be guesswork
Maybe resorting to a text
Thoughts and insights should help
The kind that only hurt
Or serve single ambition might
Indicate the other
Finally, we’ll find elsewhere
That feels like home
Even if home
We never really had
Because it is
Nothing but strangeness and
Foreboding
Should a turn be wrong,
Which will be all right
Because we can turn again
C L Couch
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