Poem: They Say This Is How

They Say This Is How

There must be other choices
that are not clear, other ways
things might be arranged
or enacted, other options
for how to respond, to react,
though they are not clear,
are hidden away,
can only be discovered
by wandering off
from the well-trodden path,
but everyone says, it is best
to walk this way,
to stay where other feet have trod,
where there is a path already,
but it may well be
that looking where others have been,
following the ways already known
and so well travelled
will be impossible,
but learn to look beyond
what has been prepared
to see what can be,
to find a way
beyond the obstacle
that is the right approach.