The Way
Friend, I have lost the way.
The way leads on.
Is there another way?
The way is one.
I must retrace the track.
It’s lost and gone.
Back, I must travel back!
None goes there, none.
Then I’ll make here my place,
(The road leads on),
Stand still and set my face,
(The road leaps on),
Stay here,
None stays here, none.
I cannot find the way.
The way leads on.
That journey’s done.
And what will come at last?
The road leads on.
~ Edwin Muir ~
(Collected Poems)