Leaves of Gold

How my heart wanders
Down twisted roads my feet can’t help
But follow, slow
How my mind races
Beyond broken branches and leaves of gold
Stumbling, alone.

When all along the sun
Shining down from above, pierces
yet undetected, I miss its guidance
And wander on, step by step in darkness

How long until I raise my eyes
glimpse the radiant, touch the bright
To bask in sunlight, yet I deny
Straight down, blind, unmoved inside

But Love took my face
Lifted deadened eyes upward anew
Now seeing, true
Radiance perceiving
Fresh air enters into my empty lungs
Life, begun

I believed all along
That life was in me, existing
Yet unlooked for I was shown
Life still waiting to enter into me

The weight, so unbearably great
Now gone, taken away
For it is not I that live today
But Love, supplying my strength

Still I wander
Down twisted roads my feet can’t help
But follow yet alone no more
And my mind still races
But see broken branches with leaves of gold
Finally, home.