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 runs on),

Stand still and set my face,
(the road leaps on),

Stay here, forever stay.
None stays here, none.

I cannot find the way.
The way leads on.

Oh places I have passed!
That's journey's done.

And what will come at last?
The road leads on.

- Edwin Muir