Paths

I have been walking this path all my life Walking around and seeing nothing but dead No colors but black and white But I walked to a fork in the road Do I choose the things that I have always known Or do I go on the unknown road That anything could happen It might be terrible or wonderful and I won’t know Unless I take a deep breath and take the risk I close my eyes and run I run toward the unknown Anything is better than that path I used to be on There is live trees and colors all over A song goes in my mind and I can’t help but sing I skip down the path hoping that this never ends But as everything good the path end It started with small things A couple dead leaves A few dangerous looking plants But I ignored it happily bouncing up and down the strip Soon everything started looking more and more scary I became worried as I looked around at the once happy place Turning back into the other road The birds stop chirping and singing Instead it was almost as if they judged me Like they blamed me for something Around me everything starts dying My animal friends that have been following me Now turn on me attacking and baring teeth I hear them as if they could talk You don’t care for us But I do I loved that place of green and merry Please let’s all go back to that Please stop judging me It is almost like I become blind Like any of the colors left I just can’t see I stumble around not knowing where I'm going Or what was going on Everywhere I stumbled I felt unwelcome Like it didn’t matter where I go they didn’t want me anywhere So instead I just fall on the ground I do not move I do not say anything I just lay there and wait for death Which is my only escape