The Lost Highway



Where is the endless highway?
Paved in sweet escape
Rounding turns of mystery
And lit by moonlight rays

Where is the lost highway?
A place of magic and glee
Imaginatively fortified
And inside you and me

I lost my way down the road
And took a dead end path
I forgot to follow the simple flow
And got lost without a map

Down backroads of confusion
Drifting further from the stretch
I prayed in vain for just a sign
For which direction's best

To my dismay I was granted
Yes, given my desired sign
The words it read were slanted
In italics said "just drive"

Driving down those lonely roads
Hitting curves aplenty
I found the faith to just let go
To see which way it sends me

I carried on my weary way
And then I saw a light
Could it be the lost highway
Under the stary night?

The road it turned smooth
As the highway did unravel
I thanked God for the cruise
And the faith that guides my travels

About this poem

I wrote this the other night. It's basically a poem to myself

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Submitted by Risingwerdz on October 27, 2023

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Scheme AXBX ABXB XXCX XXDX EDEX XBCB AFAF XXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 903
Words 188
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Tim Strauss

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  • Rogerw
    In a clean and simple way, with a well chosen analogy, the poem describes our life's path when we choose to use Gods given free will. It never leaves us astray, but merely exhilarates the journey!
    LikeReply5 months ago

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