On A Road that Knows Me

Soaring over a path of pebbles

Each holds a thought
Each holds a dream
Every step is different
Every step is new
Some resisted and mocked
Others faith renews

Water trickles along this path

Clear and innocent
A life untapped
The other side holds a path of fire
Ready to consume the intruders
Seen the darkness the world has to offer
Reminds the path nothing can remain innocent forever

This path between the two is narrow

Hard to stick to
Hard to remain on
Hard to see

Some plants to the side grow tall and true

Dreams reached
Goals accomplished
Self remained true
But others are shriveled and dead
Beaten down
Dreams crushed
Goals demolished
Self fell off trying to become someone new

This path is straight and clear

It whispers all of its secrets in my ear
Telling me all that I must do
In order to the path remain true

I have felt the lava,

I have washed in the water
I have seen this path before
I have learned,
I’ve been taught
I’m continuing down this road
Unstopped and unable to slow
This road, the only thing that knows
The only one that knows it’s traveler
This road that knows only me