Hope and Despair

I walk down a rigid road
to see what kind of fate beholds,
for the trail so far has not been tough
but that which is unknown could turn rough.


Obstacles and perils obstruct my path
but I just shake it with a laugh.
Taking it seriously does nothing for gain
I travel this path as if a game.
I wonder sometimes what lies at the end?
For a happy ending I cannot pretend.
That thought suddenly plunges me
into a darkness which one can no longer see.

My thoughts wonder if this is it
what every path is sure to hit
a foresight on what I shall face
disregarding any rate of pace

Though this seems my final fate
I can't stay here, it's not too late.
Thinking of those I've encountered and met
I must focus and think clear in order to get
out of this darkness one may call bliss
but I see it as plunging into my own abyss.

Escaping from the hole, I think i saw it all
but despite the knowledge, I will not fall.
What that may have been, just maybe a dream
Though it seemed real more than it seemed
Continuing my walk I start to think,
what if others on this path suddenly sink
into the place I'd call an abyss
to succumb to it they will surely miss
all the good things that they may find
should keep the lost ones sound of mind.

It's then I think to warn their pain
to also show that joy is there time and again
that I decide to give this path a name.

And I call it "Life"