Where the road leads



Walking on the road of stone,
in my fear I turned around;
destiny said I was alone:
fore no sight, aft no sound.

Far did this road go back
to where my journey had begun;
I travelled on a single track
beneath the rising sun.

Where I stand
I do not know,
I've come so far
and further still I had to go.

I looked ahead
to where a fork
distinctly showed,
I dread, a parting in the road!

Swiftly it draws near,
soon I'll have to choose
if left or right to veer!
Somehow, I will lose.

Then love whispered in my ear:
"Follow me, if thus you choose;
trust in me and do not fear,
with life and love you cannot lose.
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Submitted by Alastaire on January 08, 2021

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD XEXE XXFF GHGH GHGH
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 588
Words 125
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Alastaire Grant Arendse

 · 1966 · Cape Town

I know that my Redeemer lives. When my natural ability to speak in writing came to the fore, I felt joy. To express the depths of the crevice of my heart and the vast desert of my thoughts, was an experience that overflowed. I knew that the ability to put pen to paper was given to me. God had chosen me before creation to carry out good works; I had to admit that it is my heavenly Father who made me a better writer than a speaker. All that I was able to do, was a blessing from him. But in my pride and vanity, I had forgotten that God created all things. I rejected my faithful God who never lies and heaved the glory of the ability of success on myself; I had forsaken him. I had forgotten that it says in God's Word that the Holy Spirit gives us talents or gifts as he apportions. When finding myself in the quagmire of rejection, this prodigal son returned to his Father. I had to admit my deep sorrow and regret to him. He did not turn me away but gave me redemption and put the pen back in my hand. more…

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