“Come to the edge of the cliff and find.
Looking down you wonder -
where does it go in time?
Across the way you see too,
how bridges are meant for you
to shorten your way and ease your mind,
as you reach the other side.
But when the bridge is not seen there
to give you only comfort and care,
you must find your own way too,
across the wide chasm staring at you.
And forage your way and wander you do.
For often you get lost,
as fear and worry come over you.
At times on your way to the other side,
it feels so bright and you hope for the best
but the path is long and treacherous.
You wonder how you ever got here,
making something difficult too,
of a life you thought was meant for you.
Instead now, you find,
the ropes that tied you to each side,
have been cut -
and now you look at the chasm wide.
Nowhere to go and backwards can’t be
for you are growing more than you see.
For with this great journey you’ll find -
although fearsome looking as you glance far wide -
it is what you came - oh, to do -
a changed version you will be too.
For when you come face to face
with change that looks you straight in the eye,
the greatest of you comes to the surface
and you find out quickly why.
A path least taken in the forest glade,
alone it feels as you trudge each day.
But the journey takes your breath away
as you encounter along the way
things you had never known
could be part of life today.
A fresher step you take now too,
as you get used to how you know what to do.
And as you find your way in time -
having taken steps that caused you to
experience great beauty,
yet at times frightening for you -
you realize none of this would be seen
had you stayed on the other side,
but cross you must, for you go with the tide.
Now you look up and you see
the highest pathway that is meant for thee.
Coming into focus the next steps in your way
from the times that took your breath away,
yet filled you with experience that could never
have happened any other way.
Up above now you are so high,
looking across the vast countryside.
You see the light and focus too
on the new horizon in front of you.
The journey now begins a new day.
Look back no more in your way,
for the path you took that you feared at one time
has made you into who you are, you find.
For standing tall now it is true,
is the brand new, greater version of you.”
The LightKeepers/Carolyn Hass Zaiser