The Path Less Traveled
By Catherine

The heart drew me here when all had been lost
Those words burned my soul -- faith failed my life's cause.
Self-concept now gone -- rage came at what cost?
Broken, I wept 'til my tears gave me pause--
Not dark nor light, I won't live in a cast.
Searching and scouring in all that was naught
Was "I" who was then now part of the past?
The shadow will beckon to what it has wrought...
What can I say?  My soul found a new life--
All had been vague -- now it is what I know.
Out of the ash, I've emerged from the strife
I am who I am -- who I was, she did go.
You may not know why I feel I must stay,
But then again, that's the way of the grey.