Poem: Blank Pages

 origami box and photo by Rita Bourland © 2012

Blank Pages

Blank pages are we,

To be

Molded, folded,

Shaped by loving hands,

Encouraged and guided,

To take our first steps,

Make friends,

Study hard,

Choose a path,

Believe

And good things will come,

Not always so clear

Those uncharted paths,

Those unwritten chapters,

Those scary first steps

On our own,

Truth be told,

We are shaped by the paths that we take,

A bit of a guess how the story will end,

Yet breathing,

Loving, seeking,

Dreaming, believing

In the truths we hold dear,

Will yield a full book

Of pages filled in,

In the end,

It’s our life to live.