Split Sides

Shadow Road

There is a road nearby

That exists but is not shown.

A road where anything can happen,

Where it could guide you or kill you.

A place so familiar

Yet so mysterious.

Lined with unknown trees

And beaten lampposts.

Where the land is level on one side

And unhindered on the other.

A place offering no shelter in the scorching sun

And none for the nighttime gusts.

It's not too far from the main path

But to avoid it is impossible

For it links you to prosperity, to opportunity.

Not for the skittish

Or the weak-hearted,

Many pass through it

Yet few dare to walk through it.

A road with cracked concrete

And unkempt gaps.

So silent the winds resemble howls

And you walk only with your will.

This is the road, your only road,

And without it you'll get nowhere.

A link to progress

Through a path of fear.