The Safe Choice

Time and again, I revisit

Those by lanes of old

Only to see if the roads still seem rocky

And the windows still closed

Were there any doors I could have knocked

To take refuge in a storm

Any broken pathway

That would have taken me home

If I had dared, to rattle your locks

Would you have sheltered me then?

I doubt if you could have

When you were yourself lost in the rain

So I return back to today

Where the roads seem smooth and fine

And I close the windows and cruise along

Following the same designated line