I was walking down a wood road

 

And I came to a spot, by and by,

 

Where another road merged with mine

 

Unexpectedly. And although

 

Another person passing there

 

Might not have even noticed

 

The other path coming out of the forest,

 

Coming from God knows where,

 

I did, and I stopped to look.

 

For a long time on that spot I stood

 

Where two roads converged in the wood,

 

and I thought:

 

“Someone going the other way

 

Might someday stop here for the sake

 

Of deciding which path to take.”

 

But my direction lay where it lay.

 

And walking on, I felt a sense

 

Of wonder at that difference.