There is only one path
and it is both the first and the last
the beginning and the end
our chosen paths are not chosen
they are not the result
of cognitive reasoning
but mere perception
a misdirection
no matter where we wander
how far off course
and how lost we become
we will always arrive
where we were meant to be
for destiny is already written
and every fork in the road
leads to the same place
in the end our decisions
are still guided by fate
for we are mere ripples
on the surface of a vast ocean
whose dark depths
ever remain unchanged
©Ann Bagnall
Annie's Poetry 