Limited Access

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

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