A Tangled Web

There are no patterns in my life

Just tangled webs I see

No directions there to follow

The decision's up to me.

I try to see what lies ahead

And I'm filled with fright

I know that I must make a choice

Will it be wrong or right?

My life is at a standstill now

I'm looking o'er my past

That tangled web --- so filled with hurt

Will I be free at last?

Or will I choose the path that leads

Me back --- to my despair

Once more to be imprisoned by

The web that's waiting there?

Dear God, I pray that I may choose

The path that's straight and clear

May I no longer be enmeshed

In a web of doubt and fear.

There are no patterns in my life

Just tangled webs I see

No directions there to follow

The decision's up to me.

Pearl E. Cain