Smile, Looks Like You Made It

Once a favored path
Soft under the feet
moss and sand

Once a favored path
Curving with shrubs that brushed lightly
Conveying a light caress

Now a cold haunted walk
Hard-edged and cutting
glass and gravel

Now a cold haunted walk
Snaking with wind-whipped branches
Slicing to the bone

Time often takes a toll
But Man takes a heavier one
exacting vengence

Time often takes a toll
Yesterday is made of sterner stone
today is flimsy

It crumbles on that
hard edge
it falls to the glass and gravel
it grinds beneath your boot

Not shattered
Simply gone
Looks like its finally been un-done

All the light-filled joys
the moss and sand path
gone
No haunting loveliness
No cuttings of beauty
Gone

Crumbled to dust
under your boot

The birth of a void
are you Proud now?
Did you finally get
your Heart's desire?

Smile
Look's like you made it...