Paranoia plagues my outcome
Scared as I can be
All I want is live in happiness
And die in infamy

Though I'm scared I'll be the only one
Without someone’s support
I could wave at possibilities
But ponder at this fork

Where future roads dissipate
From the path I've traveled through
I'm standing, here, forever
Wondering which to choose

Glaring at the choices
Studying the roads
The time sips my near future by
I'm getting nowhere close

Gravel melts to tar and dust
While dirt and sod amass
Weeds distinguish unraveled roads
Reminders not to pass

People come and pass my gaze
They ask me silly things
They tell me worrying is failure
See what destiny brings

But they leave without another
Or a hand to bulge my stance
Soon I'm scenery, to passerby’s
With roads planned in advance

Hardly glancing at my bloodshot eyes
I conform unto routine
Just a soldier, upright, immobile
The trademark of the scene

I'm scared I'll be the only one
To forget to wave goodbye
I'm scared to be the only one
To see the hourglass run dry

Vines and roots, encircle me
Teardrops absorbed as daily hues
One path remains... Unchosen
For I could never choose


 
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