The pathway.On reading R. W. Emerson

                    Even now, the path

                     Can be a wonder-

         Even though, the path

                    May lead us

       (  In its complexity)

         To doubt -its direction.
             
                 Especially now that

         There is little belief,

             That there is a map,

        That will take us anywhere-

         (  And yet it takes us anyhow -)



       Listen -the way winds softly
   
        Through the forest

               Snakes through the city.

         Finds its trail through deserts, 

             Wanders between heaven and hell,

         It is the over-soul that holds us 

             In its blessing -         
       
        The mind, untouched

           By the evils of the world

      Re-gains primordial innocence-

            It is life itself.