The Lights of a Far Off Town

I was driving along

I was spiralling down

Nothing was left but a tragic clown

All was wrong

Where was right

All was dark nothing light

And the world was coloured in

Dull grey and brown



I had climbed in my car

With no thought as to why

And I drove without seeing

The world flying by

The roads they went up

And the roads they went down

Then all of a sudden 

My life turned around



There were lights in the distance

Sparkling and new

This was a place I had never been to

I knew in my heart 

That its presence was good

And I knew I would stop

I just knew that I should



I drove into the streets

It was dark but not drab

As I stared at the lights

I forgot to feel sad

The people were friendly

They welcomed me in

Fed me

Connected

Absolved me of sin



We did a review

Of my life as it stood

The hard and the hurtful

The bad and the good

No one would hear that I’d not done my best

That I’d faltered too often

Or failed to invest



They told me that all

Was just as intended

And nothing was lost

Nothing was ended

A journey’s a journey

That goes up and down

And I reached my reward

In this far-off town



I thought I was dead

But they said I was alive

“Now you’re starting to live

Now you’re starting to thrive

Now you can be all 

That’s true to your heart

Your mind and your soul 

Will nevermore part”



I woke the next morning

In my little bed

In my little house

With such peace in my head

I danced down to breakfast

I sung in the shower

I’d never once felt this notion of power



That dream changed my life

It reordered my mind

I floated above

When the world was unkind

I sang in the darkness

I danced in the rain

And lived as though

I couldn’t fail again



Reborn on that night

Without going through death

Breathing in joy

With each wonderful breath

I’d learned how to manifest

Dream and believe

And discovered how easy

It is to succeed



I now have a future

And when this ride ends

I’ll re-join all my loved ones

And very dear friends

And we’ll laugh and we’ll party

And never be down

Because of the light

In that far off town



Deb Hawken

September 2020