A Fork In The Road

A Fork In The Road

For all those who have parted ways,

but will remain with me always.

Our travels together, today,

End not at our destination

But at a fork somewhere midway

And I can sense hesitation

In your silence. (Can you in mine?)

Are you too searching for words, which

Will assuage this pain, make things fine-

Wipe the tears I shall shed, and stitch

The wounds that this farewell has brought.

Are there some words that can console

My ailing heart, or is there not

Any way for us to cajole

Destiny into fulfilling

Our desire to not separate?

Can we not delay this parting-

Defy circumstance and make fate

Wait some more; lest this be the last

Time we see each other closely?

Can we not change the bygone past-

The moment because of which we

Might be standing at a crossroads?

We look at the distance ahead,

I am uncertain what it bodes.

I am sure we have been misled,

By Time that made us both believe

The conceit of Eternity.

We see now that Time can deceive

People escaping reality.

You look at me, I look at you;

Between us, there appears to grow

incertitude-what must we do

Before our indecisions slow

Us down and predicaments start

To weaken our resolution?

Let us go our own ways and part,

That is the only solution.

Perhaps in your own silent way

you have accepted this instance-

This divergence that we today

Can't choose to offer resistance.

If this be our shared destiny,

Then so be it. Let us move on

Different roads that might not see

a convergence that we'll dwell 'pon

In our false hopes and promises

(I will, but you don't I will pray).

Let us, with our goodbyes, end this

Misery that leaves nothing to say.

I know not what our futures hold

As we bid each other adieu,

And even as our paths unfold

I know I'll never forget you. To you all.