The roads not taken!

a poem-

I wonder, what way,

my steps could have gone,

on the roads not taken!

Sometimes, I think of,

the views, that I passed,

but didn't stop to appreciate,

the flowers, I didn’t stop to smell,

the places, I didn’t stay to enjoy.

Were they waiting for me?

And somewhere,

are they, still,

where, I left them?

Yes, all those things,

that I didn’t choose to do,

those doors, that, I didn’t open,

the knocks that I didn’t respond to,

the songs that I didn't hum to,

were they meant to be mine?

The people, I didn’t walk with,

was I meant to be theirs,

in another version of my story?

Sometimes, I wonder!

Just as the water ways,

always flow their way,

and I, did I just flow my way,

that way?

Was this the way, meant to be?

I think sometimes,

or was that to be my way?

I wonder sometimes!

The roads not taken,

where did they lead to,

where did they go?

A direction that we take, a choice that we make, and the option we don't consider, a missed bus, a lost opportunity, sometimes, in another version of our life, do you wonder, what it could have been?

Thanks Sahil Patel to provide a great place to meander to, and wonder!!

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