Follow me....

‘If you follow, I will lead
I’ll light the road ahead,
take my hand and trust my step’
Was everything you said……
‘I’ll steer you clear of rocky roads,
I’ll pave the way with love,
I am your lantern in the wind,
the hand inside your glove’
I gently followed, heart in mouth,
trust, hard to give away.
To never know such tenderness
was more than I can say.
You took the lead, and made a path,
my steps would follow yours,
with no idea of aftermath,
or pain this choice would cause.
You lead me for a while through joy,
the like I found unknown,
but later as your pace increased,
I found I was alone.
You held my hand, then let it drop
and found your route in life
Your journey swift, no looking back,
loss cut me like a knife.
I watched as in the distance I could see you disappear,
and knew with crystal clarity my deepest darkest fear.
Our paths in life would never run in parallel again,
You forge ahead whilst I in unrelenting solitude remain. 
You found ‘yourself’ you told me in no uncertain terms,
and watching you now walk away, it merely all confirms,
that following is really just to let someone accede
and now’s the time for me to learn that I must take the lead.
I’ll never follow blindly, lead by love or mad desire..
I have a life I need to find and now I must acquire
the will to take the road ahead, alone but not afraid
and never let my trusting heart in that way be betrayed