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