I looked everyday into a forest,
With leaves so bright and green,
Beaconing me to enter and find
That which I’ve never seen.

It promised me the untold truth
Of my life that lies so far ahead
And when I should have been working
I followed the forest path instead.

I wished to become a wise man,
Someone of marvelous worth—
I wished to love someone special
And I willed to walk the Earth.

I sauntered into the forest
With my best friend at my side,
Ready to learn great secrets
With he whom I could confide.

Many years I spent a-wandering
With the secret of life not shown,
Yet my friend kept needing help along,
So I chose to walk alone.

I would reach the end much faster,
And so I left him far behind,
Walking through the forested labyrinth,
Continuing only so I may find

The end that could not be reached,
Among the leaves now yellow and red,
I feared for my own life only,
When all grace I had to shed.

With every path that I followed,
Two more would arise in its place,
The desperation deep in my soul,
Showed no longer on my face.




I finally reached the end,
And found the secret I had earned,
Now wise and of marvelous value,
To those whom haven’t learned…

I gave up the love I wanted,
When I gave up my only friend,
Not willing to help him out.
The greatest lesson in the end:

Our lives are journeys full of forks,
Full of choices that we must make,
And the destination is unimportant,
Compared to the roads we choose to take.

This lesson not soon enough taught,
And too late it had been known,
Thus such a story I weep to tell
Is told to be my own.

My face no longer shows compassion,
My eyes cry with indifferent tears,
My voice is dull and monotone
After chasing a simple truth for years.

Now heed this tale so you will not waste
A lifetime full of wishes all alone,
Until it is grievously far too late
And your dreams are locked in stone.

The torture that I endured
With my simple truth I keep,
Of my life-long tale I choose to call
A Journey Deep.

02/12/2007

Posted on 02/12/2007
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