On the roads I ran

Before God and man

How I searched for you –

On the silver’s hills

During winter’s chills

I imagined you.

 

In the worst of winds,

In a burst of sins,

I was moving on.

Vizor raised

As ahead I gazed

To the distant dawn.

 

In the scorching heat,

How my blistering heat

Left me staggering and sore!

How the heights destroy,

How the highest joy

Could be such a chore –

 

When the strength was gone,

Still the steps went on,

Till I finished finally strong:

Shaking and afraid to even knock on your door.

 

I had understood

You were gone for good

And they let me know

I was not to try 

Even dropping by

For a brief hello.

 

So in disbelief

I ran away from grief

And to the only place

Where I thought I might

If my heart were right

Get to see your face.

 

To the fields you fled

So to the fields I sped,

I was nearly in flight

When I saw you true

And saw the song of you

Was a song of spite.

 

Then the words were slung

And like spears were flung

And not a hurt nor heart did spare –

Leaving us colliding like ships in the night.

 

And I hang around

Every dive in town

Where I don’t belong.

And I wonder if

I ever wake from this,

I will still be strong.

 

For the Winds of Time

Have never carried mine

To a brighter day.

Not when every time

That the sun would shine

I turn my head away.

 

And these trails I trod

Before man and God

Never looked so alone!

And the faltering guides

To the future’s tides

Have all up and flown.

 

And between the lines 

Of these turning times

You can hear the tunes we shared

Breaking into unison

And straining alone –

Miles, miles from home.

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