Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ROADWAYS, by SARA NICHOLS


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ROADWAYS, by                    
First Line: Just as the little country road divides
Last Line: By bringing peace to crown our happiness!
Subject(s): Old Age; Roads; Travel; Paths; Trails; Journeys; Trips


Just as the little country road divides
And makes instead of one—two separate ways,
Each idly crawling through the trees and vines
In seeking out some haunt where nature plays:
Perhaps the bubbling brook, the leafy bower,
Or deeper still, seeks out some modest flower
Well hidden from the casual passer-by,
Then travels on for miles and miles alone;
Till finally tired of solitariness
They seek each other by some urge unknown
And thus they come together in the end:

Even so—when we are old,
And tired of wandering on a separate way,
Tired of the fleeting transient joy
That held our fancy for a little day;
Drawn by a bond we neither feel nor see
So shall the roadways cross for you and me,
So shall we be united in the end,
Meeting as casually as though the years
Had found us side by side, and none shall guess
The years between have bound us even closer
By bringing peace to crown our happiness!





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