Love's Crossroads

All crossroads in love call for resolve,

Yet faint-hearted souls hem and haw

And day by day avoid that first step,

Conceding beds of roses to the bold.

Take heart travelers on the spiral of life,

Yes, hard-won passages set hearts afire.

Each falter and stumble hones life skills

For pursuit of daunting exploits of desire.

© Ilija Lukić 2017

Life's Crossroads
(On the Llano Estacado east of Clovis, New Mexico)