In my youth
The roads leading to me
Were paved
Straight and comfortable
Easy to travel
Life wore them out
Crumbled them up
Until they became
Dirt and gravel
Mud and mire
Now
Treacherous terrain
Twists and turns
On a one lane path
To a heart of stone
E.A. Fussell
10.21.2021
E. A. Fussell 