We start off with grand ideas,
delusions actually,
of how we perceive
the path that opens up
in front of us.
We idealize,
humanitarianize,
synthesize,
aggrandize,
all the while
the path unfolds
in its own way.
We meet surprise
like a stranger in the night,
shocked,
that our preconceived ideas,
definites we would have staked
our life on, and did,
were not how it was turning
out to be.
We let go of our illusions.
We drop the certainty
of what it all is,
like a hot potato
burning our hand.
full of wonder,
innocence,
and not knowing,
we allow the path
to take us home.
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Assistant Editor: Lauren Savory / Editor: Bryonie Wise
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