Written March 1994 when Jonathan is 14

Will The Next Step
by Jonathan Kraft

Will the next step I take
be the right one for me?
Will I be my true self
instead of what people see?
Will I find a path
no one has trod on before
or am I walking
to a locked door

I step on something sharp
I look and see a stone
I want to sit down
and rest my tired bones
but I have to keep walking
my own separate path
through all my troubles
despite all the mishap
I have to get others
to follow where I go
but it has to be done
without putting on a show