No Path at All

I am my own
I follow not the people of the past
but rather I go wherever my eager feet lead me

I remain on no path
not even the one less traveled
instead I create my own

a path created not by bare grounds and signs leading the way
a path that is only defined by where I have been
a path that has no control over the future

the controlling part is me

when I set out on this journey
the one that has lasted a lifetime
I did not plan at all

for what is planning but guidance
and what is guidance but control

yet the only thing planned for my infinite journey
was me being alone

for if not one being can be with me
then what I do is not but for me
a privileged life is what I shall lead

for if I wish to sleep there will be no protest
and if I wish to dream no judgment will come my way

for all of the people I have ever seen
understand naught but the life they lead

and if you stay in a mindset such as that
what is this life that you have led

a life where freedom is defined
a life where you constantly glare behind
a life in which you can't help but think
a life that could disappear in a blink

no this life cannot be me
for life is not something I comprehend readily

and if I fall into the latest pattern
I might as well have fallen from earth

my beliefs are what keep me grounded here
for flying is a dangerous task
one that can get you lost

but isn't that what I've searched for
in my goalless journey
unknowingly I have led myself that way

this contradiction in my travels
has been whats stifled me

still I choose to continue on
what some would say
being wasteful of a healthy mind

but for those who judge what I have done
you are right

but as right as you are
I am right even more

for all I do is done for me
and none I do is for you

and this, this shortsightedness
is why my loneliness is not a matter

for between company and sanity
I will always chose a clear mind
one that can still glisten
like the billowing brook
one that can still enlighten
like the yet to be visible stars
one that never wavers
like nothing I have ever seen

and this is why a path
must not be chosen
for the sake of sanity

so that instead of seeing others dreams
I seek not but my own
in the expanse that has been unexplored

and although it may be a waste
to search for something unknown
it is necessary for I am unknown as well