JOURNEYS END

The journeys end is out of sight
Walking through a world of words
Lost on crossroads of the mind
Between what’s seen and what is heard

It’s one step forward, two steps back
Proceeding with a gambler’s heart
A highway paved with all you lack
And exit signs like question marks

They keep you hedging all your bets
Until you’re not sure what to say
Filling daydreams with regrets
Missing chances on the way

With guiding lights like shooting stars
No matter how the darkness flies
If truth be told, the whom we are
Is often based on compromise

Beyond the shadow of a smile
Our happiness is often veiled
We cannot see when all the while
We’re focused on those vain details

The dreams we chase in space and time
May lead us on to win it all
But in the end, we just may find
That every gain was like a fall

For if we live in selfish ways
We miss a world that could have been
Paved with idol words we say
Lifetime loves that slip away

All in all, the future haunts you
Past lives follow close behind
Loss like ditches we fall into
Shades of doubt to cloud the mind

And still, we travel ever forward
Feign a smile and so pretend
Missing present tense beginnings
Longing for the journeys end

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TM DiSarro