Paths to Nowhere

Paths you travel are like shadows
misty memories for your guides
Stepping stones of dreams once followed
Maps to where your future hides
Roads unravel missing chances
Justifying circumstances
Gathered dust to sting the eyes
Once you think that you've arrived
Distance feeds the dogs of conscience
Guiding you to ends unknown
Bearing down on your resistance
As you travel life alone
Anxious hearts forever wander
Second guessing every day
Cant escape the spells they're under
Can't depend on words they say
Desperation drives decision
Searching for some souls to steal
Cutting ties without incisions
Dull to what the truth reveals
Worries fog the restless mind
Blurring all you see as gains
Life is lost while driving blind
Changing love like changing lanes
Countless hours of counting steps
Paths that once held fast your fears
Full of years that you regret
Paths as mud mixed with your tears
Righteous paths merge into doubt
Walking with no clues to where
All your goals turned inside our
Journeys you can never share
Confession clouds the now and then
Can't tell life from stories told
Can't tell paper from your pen
Summer lawns from creeping
mold puddle is the fame we find
Pain is born out of neglect
Paths interpreted as time
Signs of life we now reflect
Beacons for the darkest hours
Chosen paths erasing fear
All your shadows disappear ping
through death's open doors

-Khushi Kaul