The Road Not Taken [SSC4 Poetry Challenge]

[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; [Chorus] Oh, the road not taken, the path untold, Where the shadows linger and stories unfold, A choice once made, a journey begun, In the heart of the forest, under the sun. [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 2] Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, [Chorus] Oh, the road not taken, the path untold, Where the shadows linger and stories unfold, A choice once made, a journey begun, In the heart of the forest, under the sun. [Instrumental Interlude] [Bridge] And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. [Verse 3] I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. [Chorus] Oh, the road not taken, the path untold, Where the shadows linger and stories unfold, A choice once made, a journey begun, In the heart of the forest, under the sun. [Instrumental Interlude] [Outro] Oh, the road not taken, the journey’s call, In the whispering woods, where the leaves fall, A choice remembered, a path unseen, In the heart of the forest, where we dream. [Verse 2] Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, [Chorus] Oh, the road not taken, the path untold, Where the shadows linger and stories unfold, A choice once made, a journey begun, In the heart of the forest, under the sun. [Bridge] And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. [Verse 3] I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. [Chorus] Oh, the road not taken, the path untold, Where the shadows linger and stories unfold, A choice once made, a journey begun, In the heart of the forest, under the sun. [Outro] Oh, the road not taken, the journey’s call, In the whispering woods, where the leaves fall, A choice remembered, a path unseen, In the heart of the forest, where we dream. I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. [Chorus] Oh, the road not taken, the path untold, Where the shadows linger and stories unfold, A choice once made, a journey begun, In the heart of the forest, under the sun. [Outro] Oh, the road not taken, the journey’s call, In the whispering woods, where the leaves fall, A choice remembered, a path unseen, In the heart of the forest, where we dream.