The Path Taken

Two paths converged in a progressive neighborhood

And I am not sorry about the one I chose

And yes I saw them wearing masks while drifting on

Yet veer a half-dozen steps over, I could not

To the place of traffic refusing to distance

I will be saying this to those who jest and jeer

Some place, aions and aions past the horizon

Two paths converged in a great neighborhood, and I—

I walked across the one most frequently ignored, 

or disregarded as irrelevant to most,

And that has made all the difference in the world. 

-Bobby Lee Verglas, "The Path Taken"