Around the Bend

Somewhere around the bend

My future waits its turn.

I cast my light both far and wide

To see what I can learn.

Out there in the ether

The shadows dance on walls.

The light reveals what I conceal;

All the dark memories I recall.

Sometimes you are with me.

More often I’m alone.

The past is always present

On this journey far from home.

As I slowly make the turn

I face what I most fear;

In this moment of my weakness

I cannot shed a tear.