Many Paths In Life

I have wandered so many paths in this life.
I may have to wander other paths again.
I went over some roads that were hard.
They were also sometimes filled with pain.

Spent some time in valleys, green and low.
Then it was up to the mountain's top again.
Had a few trips down lover's lane, I know.
I'm no stranger to either sunshine or the rain.

I've walked though dark and stormy nights.
Have sailed out across some wind tossed seas.
Once braved the cold to see the Northern Lights.
Soon left to be kissed by the summer's breeze.

I do not think that I have ever lived a life of ease.
Know sometimes I was even too poor to die.
A pauper's grave often brought sweet release.
Mine was not to reason why but to do or die.

I once followed the one they called the Christ.
Through the winding streets of old Jerusalem..
I followed Him for a long , long way that day.
Until I could touch His garments, bottom hem.

I know I am writing this chapter day by day.
I am trying to live this lifetime in such a way.
that when this final chapters has been read.
I'll sorrow not for how I lived or what I said.

May the Lord God's holy light always shine.
So no matter if I should take the wrong way.
I'll see a beacon in the star above that shine.
And I will find my pathway back home to stay.
Then I shall go to where the Angel sings.
And maybe this time I will get my wings.