Unexpected path

I dreamed of mountains I would climb,
Of victories my hands would hold. Instead,
I found a simpler time Where quiet joys refused to fold.
The grand career I once pursued Gave way to work that feeds my soul.
The fame I thought would leave me proved Less precious than a life made whole.
My heart once yearned for different skies, For roads that glittered, straight and wide.
Now peace resides in compromise, And beauty in the life untried.