The Road Before Poem by Deluke Muwanigwa

The Road Before

There is an elusive place i been looking for
All my life i ve searched near and far
At times i ve felt like i was near it
So far i ve not reached the place

People in the neighbourhood keep reassuring me
that i am almost there
and when i do get 'there'
they say it was the road before
going back a road
they keep saying
it's the road before that
then the road before the road before

Sometimes i think there is a mistake
the road before is meant to be the road after
and so i went out of my way to check the road after
only to be told the road before was the road before
except i could not find the road before

After years of searching i have reached the epiphany
the road before is a polite way to lead me there
to an imaginary place not meant for me
a place i desire to be
but am too blinkered to realise is not for me

There are certain places not meant for me
opportunities work against me no matter what i do
Out of politeness people tell me i missed the place
the elusive place i search for
on the road before.

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