The Path that We Lost

As I walk this narrow alley-way

I see the path I tried to stay

The allures of a life once mine

Invade my mind and shake my spine

To think of a bond that almost was

I see the life that left me behind

In us my life defined

I see the children of which we dreamed

With their smiles they ever beamed

To think of the home we never had

To Colorado we were bound

To reach the mountain graced ground

Around the world we'd venture after

A life of love and filled with laughter

To think of path I used to walk

I can almost feel the warmth we shared

In our sin are path ensnared

We walked until our path we lost

Strove to find despite the cost

To think of our paths as they drift apart

We met at fork stuck in the road

Seeds of love we both had sowed

But the seeds fell in tainted soil

In our love we both did toil

To think of our love as it withered and died

The plant did wither and our our love did fade

And the price we both had paid

The path I'd once called ours

Has been left bare with no more flowers

To think of of the path that lies ahead

Now as we both walk our new ways

Look back at our old path as it decays

This life is a journey and we've just begun

Remember now that part is done

To think of the life that we almost had