One day I went atraipsing down to Windward Side.
\nThere was a full moon blazing; the ocean at low tide.
\nI\u2019d found a wild hair and convinced it was my night,
\nI went down to Windward grabbing everything in sight
\nAs I was gadding all about, for twas all a lark to me,
\nI stumbled into an alleyway, far too dark to see.
\nI saw, when my eyes grew accustomed to the gloom,
\nI was in no alley but a tattered smoky room.
\nSitting in the far corner on a faded flower rug
\nWas a wrinkled old woman, her hand cupped around a mug.
\nJust as I glimpsed her, she beckoned me come near.
\nSo I strutted on over, for what had I to fear.
\nI stood before her and she motioned me to sit
\nBut I wanted t\u2019know where I was and I\u2019s taking none of it.
\nI was about to ask if my prankster friends were back in town
\nBut instead, to my astonishment, I just sat right down.
\nI seemed to know what was to come, though we spoke not at all
\nFor that was no mug in her hands but a crystal ball.
\nShe reached out with her wrinkled paws, took my hands in hers,
\nPlaced them on the milky sphere and the clouds began to stir.
\n\u201cDon\u2019t be afeared, my sweet,\u201d she said, \u201cI know what you\u2019re looking for.
\nUnhappy with what you have at home, you\u2019re looking to find more.
\nBut I see no tall, dark stranger in your future trail
\nNor, in truth, fame or riches, can I tell you of in detail.
\nNor can I promise only happiness will be your destiny
\nBut then, do you want the truth or only what you\u2019d like to see?\u201d
\nSo I reached into myself to find out what I wanted to know
\nThen looked up and told her what I wished she would show
\n\u201cWelcome to Windward Side,\u201d she said, and her eyes took on a glow.
\n\u201cFew choose windward to be the direction they want to go.
\nNow look into the crystal ball and to your future you\u2019ll see the key.\u201d
\nSo I took a deep breath and peered inside, almost afraid to see.
\nThen..A figure took shape that I recognized and surprised as could be
\nI gasped…as I beheld the key\u2026the key to my destiny, you see,
\nThe figure was familiar because what I saw was me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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