TRAVELER

I’m a traveler of uncertain path I follow shadows of many trails The road I cross seems to be endless The destiny, beyond my reach By my dream I build my castle I create a kingdom I call my own But this is only when my eyes are closed When I’m awake, can’t find my home I never know if I am lost But the road continues to a way across Nothing seems to satisfy My tired and sleepy, sunken eyes I eat in hunger, I drink in thirst My heart is beating day and night But what is new in this mere travel Aside from getting old and tired I’m a traveler with uncertain goal As I make right and I make wrong But I keep on moving as my heart does beat And I keep on searching like I never sleep Nothing stays in my filthy hands Not even what I long to find The taste of evil is often sweet I guess I’m blinded, I’m trying it I meet people with smiling faces I know, tomorrow, they will just be traces Nothing ever seems to remain Not even a dear friend will ever stay I see a man with a long, white beard and ask about the road he trailed He’s gone so far and explored a lot But an hour time is more than the story of his life What kind of journey does it seem I’m like a pawn of my own life’s game The road is still so long and rough I travel without a traveler’s map I walk with nothing but pretentious hope I’m spelled by life’s kaleidoscope I see an angel with a lovely veil When he turns his back is a thorny tail My dream’s reflections regenerate As I fall asleep like a living dead My lips are hushed, my ears are deaf The world stops in my baffled head The birds, the beetles, the butterflies The bugs, the moths and dragonflies Until when can they spread their wings To search for foods as the foods are them Until when should I run and crawl The piles of questions are standing tall Everything is left behind As I push my steps in this travel time My eyes are sore now and skin turns dry Yet, I run and walk and I don’t know why I keep on going and I have to bear To live the life of a traveler