Fuelled by father’s dreams for me,
I galloped like a horse unbridled
rushing, lunging towards a goal
I knew nothing about.
New landscapes colored my horizon.
Stranger perceptions forced through
my measly existence, still I carried on
pausing but never actually reflecting,
to wonder why I was taking a route
I was not passionate about, why not
allow my aspirations to take wings
and fly towards the heavens that let you be
yourself, praying for a divine message,
I tripped, faltering in the race to win,
I stumbled on the path I recognized as mine,
an unlevelled track that my soul approved as fine.