The Journey

The road I’ve been traveling seemed never to end

 Kept thinking answers are just round the next bend

 Started with goals - mapped out the course

Trusted myself– did I back the wrong horse?

Have felt like screaming – perhaps even quit

Oft times have felt at the end of my wit

It wasn’t at all like this at the start

Believed then in victory with all of my heart

Began with momentum

Which is now, all but gone

My will to succeed,

Like a beacon it shone

You made it through valleys -even trudged up the hill

With nothing to help but the unaided will

With all I had left  - arrived at the next peak

Surely there – will be found the answers I seek

I looked first to the east – then to the west

Though splendid the view – just some great cosmic jest?

It seemed this time certain that once at the top

For each question, an answer, the struggle would stop

Perhaps what I now see - is just an illusion

Fear rises when considering - the more likely conclusion

This can’t be, forget it, I’ll remain right here seated

Infinite valleys and mountains - leaving me feeling defeated

Though it may seem that things are now at their worst

There is help should I be willing to ask for it first

The journey I must make, made more difficult with pride

Should I want things made simple –I must get a guide