My Road

I came through it
yet didn't feel how
Words sometimes paved their own
as long as my mind was all there for them
Everything around drives the train
I was merely a path through
nevertheless a unique one
Wouldn't think I could go back in time
yet I was totally immersing myself
as far back as thousands of years
searching for the root of Chinese literature
It did not just occupy me in space
it was all about the time slots
In between driving around
in between TV commercials
in between tasks or chores
in between any spare I could find
It was so much easier to let go the sparks of thoughts
not to chase them down into all different directions
not to persist so long night and day
But I came through
into the world I have been
and never thought I would have been
seriously enjoyable and lighthearted