The Dark Road

While taking the dark back roads home last night, I was inspired to write this in light of things that have happened to me recently.

I've found myself on the cold back roads, lost for direction;

Fully aware of my faults and my many imperfections.

I don't know how I got here, so far off the beaten path;

Gone are the days of innocence I thought would always last.

The winter moon lights my way as I travel through the wood,

Feeling lonely and forsaken, feeling misunderstood.

I trust the Lord within these times, as bleak as they may seem;

I'm just a restless heart having to cope with giving up a dream.

I'm looking for purpose within a time that seems so unclear;

I'm looking for hope, a gleam of light, beyond all the fear.

Daily voices remind me I've reached Nowhere Road;

No plan of where to go next, I've lost sight of where to go.

Everyone wants to be wanted, but I feel my time has come and gone;

It's time to pick up and move, because I clearly don't belong.

All I want to do is live a life humble and free,

Start a life of my own, and someday raise a family.

But these times have left me frail, and I feel weary and alone;

All I keep thinking is 'I just want to go home.'

To leave behind this cold world in all its bitter form,

To finally see the bright horizon just beyond the storm.

It's times like these of solitude that leave me chilled to the bone,

Wondering when I'll reach the end of the somber road I'm on.

My soul tells me to rest, my heart tells me to move;

I'll do whatever it takes just o make it through.

These winding curves ahead leave me wondering what's in store;

After this ride is over, what was I fighting for?

God's led me thusfar and I can't give up now;

Even though I'm broken, He reminds me better days will come around.

I don't know what's ahead, though these headlights brightly shine;

Somewhere I'll find my rest beyond these divided lines.

Take me as I am, God I need you now.

I know someday this will all make since; I'll make it someway, somehow.