Railroad

RAILROAD
Steel rails shining in the sunlight
Lured me when I was a little boy
I thought my path in life would be bright,
Like shining rail tracks, and full of joy.

I could not imagine highs and lows
And thought my road was like rails, straight.
Didn’t know that fate would shower me with blows,
Turns and twists I would not await.

I always struggled not to miss my train
To reach the fairyland I saw in my dream.
Alas! My hopes were all in vain,
They were shattered by life’s wild stream.

I made wrongs that can’t be put right,
I drowned in sins and lost my track.
My dreamland drifted away, got out of sight
The childhood paradise will never come back.

I am doomed to live in eternal quest
Of a tiny nook free of hate and strife,
Where my tormented soul could find a rest
From ugly sinful earthly life.