Life's Paths © 2015 Sherry Bach

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Winding, twisting, up, and sometimes down

Straight or crooked, in the woods or in town

We never know the path ahead until it takes us there

We all have traveled a road or two that doesn't seem quite fair

We never go back to where we've been the same that we were before

Choices, decisions, actions, words, all open a different door

If we fly on the faith of goodness, if we trust in the one who loves

There is assurance that the path we walk will always rise above

Eventually with constant motion, forward in its striving

A place is reached, a summit topped, as if God himself was driving

Don't worry about the bumps and breakdowns, just know that they will happen

Listen quietly for the calming voice of your ever loving Captain

Try to help a weary soul on your journey upward

Make it your goal to be helpful and never travel backward

When the ride is over and you're looking right at death

Light will end the darkness, and calm will be your last breath.