As indicated by the keywords TRIPS and STRIP, the two answer words to this flat are anagrams.

"Stick to your path" is old advice.

It keeps one safe and calm, stress-free.

But when one TRIPS and goes astray,

There's so much more world for one to see.

 

And if that makes one very tense,

And jittery and quite freaked out,

A doctor might prescribe a STRIP.

Is it relaxing? There's no doubt.

 

Answers:

 

DEVIATES

SEDATIVE 

 

Credit:

The Enigma

April, 2023

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