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The ribbon tape across the
track
There I will get to at all
costs
Having in mind the time I’ve
indulged
Leaving behind indelible
landmarks
Which are hallmarks in the
sands of time
How can I make it to the end
point
With this maze of entangled
paths?
Which one will lead me to
safety?
Any wrong step I take today
Is tomorrow’s grief and
sorrow.
The sun dances its grand
finale
At the brink of the western
horizon
Soon the golden warmth will
recede
Giving way to pitch, ungodly
darkness
I just have to make a right
choice
Or bear the punishment of
incompatibility
All promising the desired
haven
In this riot of rough
brambles and heath
The lies and deception of
mankind
Proffer an admonishing
foreboding
As warning against any
reckless abandon
In this choice which may
make or mar a man
There is need for a swift,
sure footing
Which provides a springboard
when right
Or a fatal quicksand when
otherwise
I would rather a right
decision at sunset
Than a wrong one in the dawn
of the morning
I have seen with my eyes
And have heard with my ears
The destruction of many who
are hasty
In making this once in a
life time choice
I have also heard tidings of
those who are late at it
Both have a bitter long
lasting after taste
Just like between the
proverbial devils
And the deep blue sea
These fears have kept me
chained
Stopping me from smirking
down the aisle
Since the spring of my youth
Though I can’t tell whether
they are unfounded
Looking back at the lost
years
Retrospectively I have come
to realise
That between these two evils
One must be more tolerable
than the other
If given another start at a
fresh life
I don’t think I would be so
meticulous
Reminiscing with nostalgia
at this point in time
I review my stands in this
cross road at sunset.