The Path Ahead

Sometimes life's circumstances
force us to take a journey
we never planned to take
were totally unprepared for
and had no choice
but to slowly, painfully
move off into unknown regions.

Yet I do believe
each one of us has
a higher power or inner guide
who knows the way
and when we feel most alone
and abandoned
is there to offer comfort
provide for our needs
and journey with us.

In the beginning
the glare of the lights
from the past
blind us to the signs along the way.

As we let go of what was
our hands are free
to reach ahead to others
who will guide us for awhile
until we too can begin to see
the path ahead.

Jim Reagan