Saturday, August 29, 2015

Two Paths, Anew

Two roads diverged in a familiar wood
And over time I slowly understood
That two paths would lead to two more from here
And question everything that I held dear
Or reaffirm, depending on the path I take
The path while dreaming
The path awake

And none are traveled
It's only me
Fate cross hairs with destiny

All these paths I'll never know
Save the one I choose to go
And it winds and turns, which way I steer
Uncertain what exactly brought me here

And I puzzle out the path I chose
What may have been? Nobody knows
But this path is fine, for ill or good
And it's high time I understood

That the risk and glory are mine alone
No holy light on my road is shone
Only careful trodding til I choose my way
And look upon here some distant day

How to choose
So many ways
To bring us to
Our coming days

Might I weigh and balance
Somber choose
Or act in haste
Lest I lose?

In preparation, despite how long
There's really no right or wrong
Just what is true to us and those we adore
To do right by all, and maybe more

Perhaps leave a token behind
A piece of ourselves lost in time
A benchmark here, for what we believed.

By which our legacy may be perceived

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Seeking

In the quest for love, we deny our reason
Cast wide our nets and hope for gold
In our search for joy, we wander aimless
Enjoy the moment, but forget the road

In our search for joy and love behind every curtain
We're seeking a something, we know not what
One day we'll find it, we're almost certain
Like running a maze with our eyes shut

In our waking moments from yesterday's dream
As imaginary worlds do recede
I look and see you there beside me
And know I have all that I need