The Paths
I started this life as myself alone
Too soon though, I know, I began to roam
Through twists and through turns I spiraled around
Never knowing at what point I might run aground
Not knowing what lay at this long path’s end
I lived as my peers chose and found that I sinned
I followed them then, on their way up this track
Discovered opposing - a path going back
I walked back a ways and then I returned
Not telling a soul of this road that I’d learned
Oft I’d switch ways, becoming a hellion
Joy in the Family, joy in rebellion
‘Ere long, I became confused and thus lost
Which path was the one first I had crossed?
Which path leads the way to the authentic me
And which one to that, someone else wants to see?
I stopped on my trek, to discover my nature
Found neither path was the one I should favor
Uncovered a roadway not seen since the start
Started walking it slowly to know my own heart
I follow one path now, wrong or right I don’t know
But at least I’m on my path, not following the flow
And if I decide that this pathways’ a dupe
I’ll know it was my choice, not that of the Group
