Once on a road, so known and so kind
So well traveled, nowhere was I blind
I could zig, I could zag and never be lost
It was easy to traverse, go through and cross
Along came you, who without a doubt hitchhiked my mind
Here’s a new road you say, where you’ll literally unwind
You’ll find abundance is definitely altogether here
And experience such joy in places if you dare
You took my hand and led me down the luscious path
Meandering yet thrilling, I did not look back
This road existed, but I hadn’t known it was there
It was daring, it was intriguing, to me without care
I was in it so deep, through its narrow tunnels and breaks
I moved forward though its darkness although I did forsake
One day, I could not see, know, or feel you there
On an unknown road, scared, I must so declare
I could peer down the street and see a flicker of light
It seemed that you were there, but you offered no sight
Sometimes crawling, sometimes walking through sage and through brush
I did what I needed, wanted, yet scanned, could it all be enough?
I finally arose out of its branches to the road from before
However, its streets were out of alignment, from its center, yes core
Something is off, but it seems like the same
No, it’s not the road, but it’s me that I blame
I’m not on the same road, I have changed so throughout
I turn to the left and right and straight, and I ponder my thought
A fourth road is now the one I’ll be on
It is a new one altogether that I will belong
A fourth road, one that takes on the unbridled past
However, forges a new path that will not always last
This fourth road will lead to the next and the next
It is the latest one yet, but maybe not best
Life shows us these different roads for us to feel and be
Sometimes spinning to fantasy, but reality, you will soon see
The fourth road is the one that shows up on its sign
You’ve unleashed the hitchhiker and unharnessed your mind
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