An Journey Shared

 Silent feet shuffle on down the line

Through sacred groves of oak, birch, and pine
The way ahead seems most serpentine
These feet this road this journey, they all are mine

Somber songs repeat in my heart
With lyrics of actors who had forsaken their part
Tearful dreams at dusk do they start
Dreams of the undertaker and his basest of arts

The road and the trees my vision do fill
By sunset tonight I must have conquered that hill
I stop at a creek and dare not drink my fill
I stop and I think of the love I did kill

I walk in the moon but I am not alone
Your presence it ignites me, my sense you hone
And your voice midst the wind and the birds yet unknown
It haunts me and it chills me to the quick, to the bone

I stumble you catch me I weep you console
We should stop and should rest upon the peaceful knoll
My spirit and my heart one again they are whole
As I sit in your presence and watch the fire transform into coal

At dawn's first light we must again be away
At dawn's first light we no longer can stay
At dawn's first light at the break of the day
I no longer can keep my emotions at bay

To my friends and my family I no longer can lie
Who could hide this great passion? Me Lord? Not I!
To all my lust I must at last say good bye
If I truly desire to remain by your side

How we'll make it, I don’t know, I haven't a plan
But I know we can make it just as God knows we can
As you journey beside me I feel now a man
I love you ever so dearly as we travel hand in hand

I know not where this road may go
I know only the horror of many a foe
But hush now my darling don't fill with woe
For never in this life could I ever let you go