Full Circle

Somewhere, sometime long ago
I walked away from myself
Meandering along a path
Laid out by someone else

Lost and alone, I strayed
Compromise came with a price
I fear too high for me to pay
I lost my soul in sacrifice

I sought love and acceptance
But found a reasonable facsimile
What was lost in the bargain
Was the one and only me

In search of truth and light
The road of life is far from straight
Winding to the left and to the right
In clever twists of fate

Then, like Paul, on the road to Damascus
A moment of epiphany
But instead of seeing the face of God
I saw the one and only me

Facing ever forward
Upon the path I tread on
I came full circle
And met myself head-on