Crossroads

My heart’s held out like a lantern in the night. Dreams burn with kerosene to cast a shaft of light, but I summon from the shadows a fear that keeps me paralyzed. I can’t stay. I can’t go. The middle of a maze with a broken compass rose. The stars are dark. The wind is slow. I’m standing on the crash course, crossroads. I walked each mile with the map you made for me. If I blamed you now I’d forget I took each step willingly. I know what could have been, it’s what will never be. I can’t stay. I can’t go. The middle of a maze with a broken compass rose. The stars are dark. The wind is slow. I’m standing on the crash course, crossroads. I don’t know where I’m going, but I don’t want to be where I am now. I never turned a corner, but somehow, I got turned around. I can’t stay. I can’t go. The middle of a maze with a broken compass rose. The stars are dark. The wind is slow. I’m standing on the crash course, crossroads.