Reprise of Forgiveness

endless corridors
of timelines
never walked.
some with you,
some without.
some with someone new,
and some
with someone old.
is the path forward
really
so clear?
do we even have a choice
at all?
i must know
if the steps i tread
are the steps
i was always meant to take
or if they are ones
i make myself.
were it so easy
to delude myself
with the drudgery
of day to day distractions!
instead,
i am gripped
by the possibility
that you and i
either never were
or
could have been.
and i do not know
which one scares me
more.

~lt