a bend in the road

this is #2 of the first poems i ever wrote, i believe the set of them was for my english composition class my first year in college.
--------------------------------------
written Spring 1994

a bend in the road
by jennie kathryn


what is it? the one thing we want the most?
will we get it? if we do will we boast?
look around the room. who has what you want?
will you know it if you see it? prob'ly not.

if someone does have what you think you need,
will you just take it, or do them a deed?
if you can't see what you are looking for,
look where it won't be, like behind a door.

things we need are always in strange places.
like under beds or in old suitcases.
others' won't want exactly what you do,
so help look for theirs and you'll find yours too.

whatever you want, will be where roads bend.
go down that road. you'll find it in the end.