Stopping by skyscrapers on a sunny morning

(for my daughter on the day of her graduation)

(home doesn’t define you, but it can make for good conversation)

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What Robert Frost forgot to say

While sending you on hikes

Was: do not let your choice be made

From other people’s likes.

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Go boldly down the path you choose

To follow crowd or not —

When life is long you have the time

To backtrack when you’re fraught.

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So give up fears, and boldly stride

(Ignore the watchers who deride)

There is no “right way” to be free

Just ask yourself: “Which choice is Me?”

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Go right, go left, go back to start —

And listen deeply to your heart

Your life is yours — go forth and play

Where life exists, there’s no wrong way.