Path

PATH

Deepest silence wraps the moment
In stillness rests a battered soul
The hard edged shards of shattered dreams
And fires that have grown cold

A path was chosen for a life
Followed boldly at great cost
To find it was no path at all
Just barren stone and bitter frost

My vision has mislead me
I've wandered lost and blind
Listened close to others voices
With ears closed tight to mine

Where I stand there is no singing
No wonder lights these tired eyes
I followed what I thought was truth
To find it just another lie

But I am here

From the shards of broken dreams
A lantern I will make
In hopes to find a shard of light
Before my spirit breaks

I'll wander for a time
Across this dead and barren stone
If fate sends no help here to me
I'll find my way alone

Speak to me the inner voice
I listened not before
Guide a wayward spirit now
Before the final door

Do I blame the world about
For sadness grief and strife
My path and troubles are my own
For this my friend is life