How long I’m here

I do not know

To choose the path

On which to grow

One’s steep with rocks

and overgrown

The other flows

to parts unknown

My choice to float

the river’s race

Without a care

Or effort placed

But soon I find

I’m in a scrape

Rapids, boulders

There’s no escape

Learn to paddle

Find the courage

Steer my vessel

Dodge and portage

I’m here to learn

Life’s lessons taught

To grow my soul

To give it thought

I take the task

Where’er I roam

It’s mine, all mine

‘Til going home