Roads of Change

ROADS of CHANGE

The days flash by

Like dashes in the road

The older I get

The faster I go

As I pass my days

Through this life

I wonder at the joys and strife

And while at times I question why

The answers may not come

Till I die

This road of life

Has twists and turns

To find balance

My heart yearns

Stepping stones

These tests are named

Though sometimes pain

Is all that remained

So when a bright light

Comes to me

I am not sure

t’is my destiny

When pain rains down

And troubles befall me

T’is easier to believe

This is meant to be

Cautiously I advance

Through uncharted lands

Wary of pitfalls

My attention it demands

When a test is repeated

Again and again

At what point do you pass

Do we know when?

Could it be

That the current uncertainty

Is a sign that progress

Has been made in me

T’is time that will tell

As I move on

Whether these tests

Remain or are gone

Is it readiness

That I see

Or simply headiness

My heart doth plea

I will face the coming days

In a new found way

And through the lessons

I have learned

I see how my life has turned

Regardless of what is to come

I begin to see

Of what I’ve become

Those tests had a role

In making me whole

And in elevating my soul

-Shiidon, August 2009

I would assume my weeks rest is the explanation for the amount of poems that I have come up with this week. I have had many things spinning around me like dervishes. Some of them elevating, some challenges and some are unknown elements in my life. The great thing is that I am not stressing out about work as much. I provide the best service to the customers that I can but it is in being rested that I can be even more helpful.

I had some nice conversations with Shahdi since writing the poem for her and reflecting on my three children I must say I am happy with where they are going in life.

As they say; the glass is either half empty or half full. We choose to look at things one way or the other. I am making the attempts to see what befalls me as part of the growing process and am relishing the challenges and opportunities that have presented themselves to me.

I feel many more poems whirling around in my mind and will be writing and posting them here soon.