The Road Poem by Barry Middleton

I see the avenue
the road leads to the sea

and what may lie beyond
the sea withholds from me

the far horizon waits
receding like the breeze

no stalwart bark is here
no answers to my pleas

the road ends by a ruin
a vague uncertain clue

where once a city stood
a ghostly empty view

I whisper to myself
this comes as no surprise

I always knew this place
where hope and memory dies

I go where stars lie down
I go where moonbeams sleep

beyond this futile road
lie waters dark and deep