My Path

Where is the path that always had a little diversion to take once in a while..the small trail through the woods..the path that was tough to walk through..it had unexpected turns..some rude shocks..some slippery sections.. always on the edge..some pleasant breakthroughs suddenly..like the dark woods clear out once in a while to let the sunshine fall on the path..to light the entire trail..winding and confusing but always led me forward.. just before the pattern could be understood, it changed, the path turned and brought me back to the original highway everyone needs to take..only this time, I was a little more travelled, a little more learned, a little different from before..

New trails lie ahead. New roads..new destinations. But will the pleasant diversions still come by, once in a while? Will there be a chance beyond the obvious? Will there be reason enough to keep going ahead on a strange hard path, leaving the solace of the path I have known for long?

I walk anyways. There is no point stopping now. Looking back is only going to make it harder to go on.  Days turn into nights and nights break into hopeful dawns. The surroundings change. Some patches of the travel are so overcrowded, that I wish I had another way. Some parts are so lonely, I wish I had my fellow traveler walking by my side. I walk anyways.

I pick up a few things on the way. Soon the backpack is full and carrying it all is going to be too heavy. It slows me down. I can only take so much. I pause. I cannot decide. I try to overload anyways, coz that’s just me. I can’t carry what holds me back. I think for a moment. Or longer. And continue.

The destination is far far away. Or maybe just around the corner. Or maybe I went past it. I would never know. That is, after all the beauty of this journey.  You end up losing so much that you had discovered in discovering what you think you have lost.

The world is round they say, life comes a full circle they believe. This path will lead back to what I started from, however I hope the journey is as eventful and fulfilling as the pursuit of the eventuality.