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I’m figuring out how to do my Day 5 short story challenge and am hitting a bit of a writer’s block because it’s much more personal. It’s the story of how my parents met but in Victorian England. While I’m very familiar with the story that my parents have told me, I think trying to use them and make something up is giving me hesitation. So I’ll complete it tomorrow, but I figured I’d post something anyways.

This is an old poem I wrote and have saved on my computer. It’s dated 2011-04-13. At least that’s the creation date on the file. It’s around the time I decided to change my career pursuit and become an engineer. It seems fitting to post it here at a time I’m looking to turn back and revisit my old craft. Enjoy.

And I walked down a path leading to nowhere

Each step gently hitting the ground

Creating a beat with the universe

Right, left, right, left, right, left…

The soft gravel under my shoe

Left imprints of where I had gone

And others that had walked this path with me

By my side and before my time

I could see where people had joined and left my path

Entering with love and leaving in tears

Each footprint a memory in sand

A collage of the struggle and journey

Leading to here, now

Why do I walk this path

When there are others around me

That offer a much simpler

Or maybe even happier ending

And I walked down a path leading to nowhere

Taking note of the earth

That I had been walking all over

Without even a thank you

Thank you earth for this path

But there is more here than just a path

Thank you trees for your shade

Thank you wind for your cool breeze

Thank you birds for your music

Thank you plants for your fruit

Thank you water for your nourishing touch

Thank you sun for your life

Thank you moon and stars for your light in darkness

And thank you fire for your warmth

Had they heard my eternal gratitude for their gifts?

Where is the end

Is there a destination

Or having I been walking all this way

Only to find a stump to sit on

And I walked down a path leading to nowhere

Quietly humming myself a tune

Enjoying the sun and breeze of the day