Poetry - Self

Way

If you have ever strayed from your path,
if you have ever lost your way in the labyrinth we call life
then I do not have to explain what it is like
to lose your light
to fumble through darkness
until you fall apart.
To be so sure of yourself
of where to go,
when to take your next step
and exactly how long it will take to get there.
Then, to be suddenly displaced
because a stranger drank too much
and ran over your best friend.
Because someone you trusted
forced himself on your daughter.
Because your husband’s secretary
called to say she’s having his baby.

Yesterday, you were so ready for the pitch,
that you could have hit the ball
into oblivion
and found your way home
blind.
But today
you are lost
completely.