The Road I've Been Walking

I walked the road alone,
in hopes of finding truth.
Instead I found that the place
I had known so long had changed.
Its appearance frightened me.
When did all this happen?
Had I been missing
from the world that long?
Or had it all merely been
a mirage created
by the eyes of childhood?
Strange sounds surround me,
and I wonder if I should head back.
A bolt of lightning flashes as if in reply.
But the highway ahead calls my name.
Its dark voice almost soothing.
I fear I have been mislead.
Meerly pulled along
by an unseen force
through my destiny.
The flash of light is closer now.
It feels like a storm.
But I can't run home at this point.
For I no longer belong.