Once I saw a split on the road
One is well-worn, well-treaded
Almost all my friends and family walk on it
My ancestors walked on it
This is the way life should be, they said
This is how it's done
This is how life suppose to be
It's a boring, up and down road
But not too bad, we'll all make it through
But I saw another road there
The road less taken
It looked refreshing and new
It seemed to lead to a beautiful mountain
And I heard there is a rainbow on the top
And I had an adventurous spirit, back then
I was a mountain-climber back then
I had so much life in me
So much strength in me
back then.
The road was so tempting
The road was so beautiful
Then I saw a man
He said, let's walk this road together
We will journey on a new path together
We will climb that mountain
And reach that rainbow together
"Ok" I said
He gave me a hand and I took it.
He said "Let me carry your heart for you"
And I gave it to him.
But forgot to ask for his.
We start on the road less taken
Moving further and further away
From the well-worn road
At first it was fun
The wood was fascinating
The rough path was challenging
So many flowers on the way too
And our hands were in each other
All the time
But then it grew darker and darker
But then the storm began to blow
But then the thorns broke my shoes
And made my foot bleed
"Can we stop?" I asked.
"It hurt real bad
I can't keep up with your pace now"
He shook his head. "No, just keep going"
"We don't have much time to waste"
I tried to keep on walking
But the wound got worse
Infected and swollen
I began to lose my strength
My body shook in the storm
So cold, so cold, so cold
"Can we stop for a while?" I asked again
"I'm so weak now. I can't go on"
He began to get mad
"Why are you slowing me down?"
"Why can't you just keep on walking?
It's just a wound!
See, I have had many cuts and wound
but I'm ok.
You should be like me.
You should follow my example.
You know it's a dangerous road
He dragged me on through bushes and thorns
I had more cut. I lost more blood.
The road is darker, no more light
No more flowers to be seen.
I felt a dizziness
I knew I was about to faint
And then I did faint
I whispered to him "I really can't go on.
No more strength is in me.
I need rest. I need healing.
Could you help me find some herb and water?"
Unwillingly, he let me rest.
One minute, then he said,
"You know it's my goal
I want to walk this path
I want to reach that mountain
I want to see the rainbow.
I thought we share the same goal"
But now you stop walking
And I don't have much time because the road is long.
You can stay here, but I can't."
He's about to let go of my hand
So I begged, "don't leave me, please don't leave
You have my heart with you."
So he said, "here, I give it back."
And he gave me a piece of plastic
It was not my heart.
The man was not aware
That he has swallowed my heart
My heart had blended into him
And there was no way that I could take it back
And then he said,
"I can wait no longer."
"I will walk ahead, follow me if you can"
"But if you can't, then I can't help."
He began to walk away
With my heart in his body.
Not knowing that he is killing me.
I am feeling my body frozen
I am running out of blood
I am dying slowly a painful death
No traveler can travel without strength
No hiker can climb any mountain
Or find any rainbow
Without her own heart.
Then I saw people on another road
Those that I knew
My friends, family, ancestors...
They walk the usual path
They fare well and they are fine.
Their pace is slow, there is no mountain to climb
There is no fancy rainbow at the end of their road
But what matter is that they are not lost.
They are not left alone to die.
It was an icy cold night
And I was in the middle of nowhere
And the road ahead look empty, dry and long
I had come too far to turn back
I had come too far to change my path
I had come too far from the split of the road
I have picked the road less taken
There is no way of turning back
I made even a worse mistake
I chose to walk that wild and crazy road with a man
I chose to give my heart into his hand
I looked around.
No more water to be found
No more fire, blanket
My whole legs are infected
And there is no medicine.
I tried to crawl...with the last drop of my strength
Hoping to catch up with him
But his figure looked smaller and smaller
Further and further away
And I bled..and bled..and bled
So...
When the pain become too unbearable
And all the hope are dried up
I looked around and looked around
And I saw a cliff
A place to jump
A choice is there again
Plunging to the darkness
Forgetting everything
Ending the misery
Or struggle here
And die slowly and painfully
So this this the story
of a road less taken
and its tragic end.
Hope other travelers learn from me.
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