Somewhere's next

If this be me,
several years later,
into the same forest,
which is no longer a forest
but an urban wildlife,
standing, overlooking the same road,
The Road Not Taken by Frost,
from what I see,
more than a million advertised footsteps,
and one of them of a friend's.


Dear friend,
I'm sorry for not letting you know earlier
that I'm on a journey
different from yours' and others'.
Thank you for worrying about me
all this while, I sincerely appreciate
your concern but now I want
you to give me leave from
any word of advice for
it wouldn't stop me from
what I've chosen. I know
you keep asking me
where I'm going but I've
no answer to that yet.
I'm just happy to be moving.
I promise to write to you at
every stop and tell you
the roads I have taken
for I wish to go places.
Thank you for being there with me.

P.S. I saw The Road Not Taken
and it didn't excite me. Currently,
I don't know where I am
but I'm enthused!

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