Paths of life right or left

Some with joy and some bereft 

Some be lonely paths we tread

Some with hope, some with dread

 

Some friends with us will stay the course

Some by the wayside will fall

Some will join along the way

Others they will lag and  stray

 

 

Whilst paths will cross at random times

Some will jump and cross the line

Some take your hand and lead the way

To lead you into sunny days

 

Some paths become the motorways

To speed along  

Some paths we know that we belong

Some paths are mires we wade through slowly

Some paths we take are oh so lonely

 

We start the path of life alone 

Turn left or right when first leave home

What causes us the take the turn

The unseen hand of fate , I learn

 

As time goes on the path it winds

And wanders aimlessly in time

Then slips in to the waters edge

and kneel on the boat to which we’re pledged