Paths

Rain
Falling on my shoulders,
Wind
Rustling through my hair
Sunset but a distant memory
Dawn comes another year

I'm thinking, confused and melancholy
Of things I just don't know
Of hope, and dreams, and love
Of seeds I should have sown

My path, wandering on at random
Takes me places I've never been
My dreams, a land of miracles
Full of wonders never seen

A light comes on above me
A shimmering point of gold
A sign, mayhap, of direction
Like for the fabled sages of old

The rain, not yet abating
Will soon make way, I feel
For a clear sky full of lodestars
And the dawn of a new day

But with a multitude of lodestars
Whichever should I heed?
Confusion still consumes me
Doubt is all I feel

Is this it, then, there's no set path
To dreamlands of happiness and love
But a random ramble through this life
For what men always have bestrove

I see my home now in the distance
My mind has sent me back again
A night of dim and thoughtful strolling
But not an answer did I gain

As I draw nearer my house of dwelling
A bright light rises into view
The Sun is reborn now
Drowning all lights but a few

Each eve, she is defeated
By Dusk and Darkness, her eternal foes
Slain down, too weak, she slumbers deep
Then come morning her boldness grows

Rested, bold, arisen
She smothers all her lightless foes
And gains again her dreamland
Whereto leads the path she chose

I settle then, on this conclusion
The paths of love are never clear
But there is hope, beyond the rainclouds
If you just put away all fear

The brave, 'tis said, is favoured by fortune
Boldness gets you where you want
So grasp Fortuna by her shoulders
Demand that she a wish will grant

Choose your path, then, your path to joy
Whichever dreamland your mind covets
Be bold, go forth, make your path
At the end your love awaits