The Winding Road

When do we get that life turns

When least expected

A heart neglected by friendship burns

You never know what you are going to get

And Cracker Jack surprises break easily

Worth is only known in your eyes

What matters is what can’t be defined

Emotions change like the weather

A forecast can only estimate what will come next

In the end and at the beginning

There is only you

And in the course of this life

You dream awake

And walk asleep

Afraid to risk it all

Afraid to grab at hope

Because empty hands

Remind a heart

That sometimes dust settles

And pictures fade

Words are given and validity

Isn’t concerned or considered

When hearts and ears yearn to believe

And being cherished is often a fleeting moment

In the arms of one that is going on

And folks songs and country songs

Are the hymnals of real life

You must begin again a million times

And end a million things that feel so right

Realizing just how wrong they were

And often times what hurts the most

Becomes the greatest relief in retrospect

You look back over situations that made you feel so lost

And realize that in those moments you were found again

Relief in a breath of a memory

That makes you thank God for setting you free

When holding on was all your heart thought it could do

Each moment that unravels fingers

That so tightly held

A dream that it was time to awake from

You stand again

Understanding that in the distance is a future

Awaiting your arrival

Expecting your touch

And your awareness is needed

As you travel along

Knowing that life turns

Reviews

[Mr. Deft Diction]

This is classic. You're versatile and just an all-around deft rhyme spitter.

Classic.