A Shared Path

Sometimes, if we share a path together,

we will come to know each other a little better.

Perhaps, if the path is difficult,

treacherous in its weavings,

it is enough to bring us together,

and maybe for a little while we can forget 

that our differences, our fears, separated us, kept us apart.

For a little while, we can be whole, secure, and at peace.

We all share this path called life.

Perhaps we are at different points along the trail,

but it is the same trail,

that, at once, can take us nowhere, 

or anywhere we need to go.

—Paul Causey