The Road We've Travelled

THE ROAD WE'VE TRAVELLED

The road we've travelled
Has its many stories to unravel,
Through its frequent twists and turns
It's not always wide, it's sometimes narrow we learn.
At times stretching as far as our eyes could see,
But usually only till the next bend is the view that's given me.

Whenever there was a detour along the way,
We'd always walk together come what may.
Even though it was rocky and winding, and the pace slower,
We didn't mind because we had each other, we were together.

Even when our paths got separated for a season,
It was never for once without a good reason.
There was the time your work took you away from me,
I didn't mind, it was only momentary you see;

I knew that in time further down the road I could get to see you again,
That our two roads would merge, no more the separation pain.
I waited in anticipation, getting excited,
And soon enough once again we were reunited.

But now somewhere further down this road,
Unexpectedly our paths diverge once again.
This time your path takes a new turn,
Somehow it doesn't look the same like before, something's wrong!
Suddenly it looks like you are getting further away,
Slipping away from my hand, from my view.

This time somehow I don't see the roads meeting again,
No, not in the near distance.
I called out to you frantically,
But you were getting beyond the sound of my voice,
Until, until I could see you no more...
And my calls get drowned in the silence of a road now empty.

Now you no longer walk this road with me,
I walk alone;
I have to depend on Him,
Who's walked this road with us,
To walk with until home we see.

It will be much longer now, it'll be some time,
Before our two divergent roads meet once again,
Until then I know I'll have to keep pressing on
Because this is the road that still I have to travel.