The Road Unknown

Although pretenders to a consciousness

That sees, a mind of brilliant reasoning,

We live in a darkness visited by light

In rare and fleeting moments such as these.

We see not our end and vague is our beginning,

We drive through time with ever-increasing speed

Passing the signposts of the inner way

Ploughing ahead through cautionary lights,

Disregarding the posted warning signs,

And paying our tolls at unknown booths in time

On a fast paced route pile on more meaningless miles,

To an unknown destination blindly drive,

Or follow an ill-lit road to an unknown goal.

On a highway built for speed we drive our lives

In search of sin and pleasure or paradise

Of earthly wants fulfilled, security,

Follow each diversion faithfully,

Overlook the hazards and the barriers.

Lost in ourselves we miss the markers and guides

That would lead us to our long-forgotten road,

Through a tunnel that opens on a greater dawn

And a golden bridge that spans eternity.