Trails

The trails of our lives have taken us places

that we would never have guessed.

Some of them not quite so pleasant

others leaving us felling quite blessed.

Often as a child they'd led to the sandlot

or playing some round ball next door.

The trails of our youth they were molding us

leaving us wanting to return just once more.

Adolescence came along a new trail came to view

it was a time of discovery with brand new ideas.

We were young, sometimes foolish

and wouldn't you know it most often without any fears.

As we grew new trails opened to the service or college

for us it was now time to choose.

Although these new paths were not set in stone

we knew at that time we hadn't a moment to lose.

These new trails would then take us

to whom we’d become.

Growing up became scary

not knowing the outcome.

We had chosen a trail and it was now ours

with twists and turns often quite hard to swallow.

Nevertheless we'd grow strong

as this trail's lessons would never be hollow.

For all that we learned along our life's trails

has brought us here to the present.

They've molded and shaped us guided and taught us

making us the person that we did reinvent.

The trails of life

they've brought us much pleasure.

Even the down times

are times we should treasure.

These trails we have followed

have taken us far.

For without both the good and the bad

we'd not be who we are.

The trails that you followed

were there for you to awaken.

So celebrate your life

and the trails you have taken.