Path

the path I chose was mine,

and mine alone.

every decision I’ve made—

mine,

and mine alone.

searching for who I am meant to become,

I ask myself again and again:

who am I?

what must I be?

what have my choices

brought me to?

were the roads I walked

the right ones?

I must play the cards

I was given—

what else can I be,

other than what life demands of me?

is this bravery,

or a quiet form of naivety

disguised as hope?

what must I be?

lost inside my own thoughts,

I circle the same questions:

who should I be?

what must I be?

this cannot be the end.

I must search,

I must look deeper,

I must understand—

who must I be?

so I rise,

soar the sky,

fly toward the unknown,

and discover

who I must be.