Crossroads

Crossroads

Ahead a crossroad lies.

A stretch that winds and weaves.

And here my progress slows,

To guess where each one leads.

I think of moves I've made.

Some good and others bad. 

And wonder how I strayed,

Into the course I've had. 

Both ways I cannot go.

And know not which to choose.

Though one of them I'll gain.

The other I will lose. 

My weary eyes reflect,

The burden of this task.

I wish to know them both.

But no one's here to ask. 

Before I reached this spot,

The road was straight and fast.

Now every choice I make,

Will be here to the last.

Decision time has come.

I travel forth alone.

And choose a path for life.

The consequence unknown.