The Road Not Taken

"The Road Not Taken" is a short poem of a traveler who's encountered two roads, and he wonders which road should he choose.

The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost

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;

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, 

An 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.

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 travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.

This poem teaches us in the world you don't always have to follow other's steps, if you're who you are be yourself. In the poem the traveler chose the way that's different than others, so in life there are many choices you can make and it always depends on yourself. I believe following behind others isn't what we are, we should really represent ourselves by choosing the choice that we want. We shouldn't be afraid for the choices we make, people should be proud of the choices. People might be scared that others will laugh at our decision, we should never be afraid. The choices we make really do make a big difference in our life in the future.