Third part of the [Gray Goodbye] project
XCIII
ROADS
If I should travel a road
That meets the horizon,
Should I face the sun
Or should I face you?
Should the sun set
Or should it rise?
Or should I say,
Should I even travel
At all?
If I should travel a road,
I should travel a gray one
Despite the fact
That I have everything
I should take my path
With absolutely nothing,
But, of course, that is
The road that I took, speaking
If I should travel a road,
I should walk casually
Despite the truth
That I can’t pretend
That I’m starting to lose
My way to the end,
I should keep on walking
With or without a friend
If I should travel a road,
I should bring music
Despite the fact
That I can’t express
My emotions straight
From all of this mess,
I should keep going
Throughout this test
If I should travel a road,
I should not look back
Despite the truth
That I still retrace
The incoherent steps
My past has made,
I should extinguish
Or better yet, erase
But that is if I face
The face of my disgrace,
So what if I have looked
Into the empty space?
So what if nothingness
Came to consume my days?
So what if everything
Is nothing but a waste
At all?
Will this gray road exist
At all?
Will this gray road
That meets the horizon,
That faces the sun
And not you,
That actually sets
And not rises,
That I should say
I should choose to travel
For it is fate, exist
At all?
If I should travel a road,
I should follow my will
No matter how much
My steps burden me
It is only mine,
My own fate and history
No one will ever be hurt
In the course of my misery
If I should travel a road,
I should leave all behind
No matter how much
Love is cherished,
Sentiments forget
And soon will perish,
To let go of memories,
The hindrances carried
If I should travel a road,
I should keep focused
No matter how much
Regret might show,
I should keep in mind
Of the place I’ll go
Before I forfeit
The reality I’ve known
If I should travel a road,
I should not reveal
No matter how much
Happiness I forsake,
I should move forward,
Stay still and awake
Stay the way I was,
And change the life I’ll take
For this road will be long
And my tears will be flowing
Along the length of this gray
The gray where I am going
Despite the fact of friendship
The love that I am sowing
No matter how much it hurts
This is my only chance
The time of my rebirth
The third gray is on ashes
The fourth will soon be burned
Soundtrack inspiration: [For Baltimore] by [All Time Low]
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