The Pathway Unfolds

Certainty clung, I grasped for formulas

Rules to obey, steps to follow in perfect choreographed strums

But mastery danced to its own rhythm

the beat of becoming what could not be tamed or summed

Deceptions of linear ascent, steady moves up the climb

Fluctuating tides life’s true nature, ebb and surf of each time

Inspiration sparked off uncharted trails into thicket and glade

New skills taking root in soil of failures bravely made

Messes were goldmines, treasure spilled from the “wrong”

Creativity flourished when logic and reason no longer throng

Beginner’s eyes see in a manner experience often obscures

Openness teaches the lessons rigidity often endures

Now I flow as the river, meander where pulled by heart’s lead

Letting unfold what will be, what each bending may seed

Standing in not-knowing with mystery as bright sun

On this pathway of becoming, the adventure has just begun

Rules found to bend made the bending a balm

Certainty’s grip loosened, skills quickened, life calmed

In rhythm with life mastery’s music plays sweet

No formulas hold it, the dance remains complete