The road beyond is
Long, and untraveled. 
Empty, barren, 
And I step forward. 

Cold and damp at my bare feet
But determined to find my way, 
I continue. 

Every step,
Painstaking. 
Every time I stumble, 
Heartbreaking. 

I keep going. 
Rocks and rough ground
My feet begin to bleed. 
But I must walk this road. 

I reach the end and look back.
Avast mountains and lakes, 
There lies the beginning of the road at the horizon.

Miles I've come,
And all too soon I could fall,
But I grasp your hand as you pull me
Over this railing, 
And save me from falling again.