If only we had a guiding star,
Our lives we'd change by far.
Our destiny we'd shape in a different way,
And our journey altered day by day.

As it is we have no say,
The path is laid, the price we pay.
If off-course we aimlessly stray,
Our destiny is designed in a different way.

Down life's path we blindly go,
Feelings high, sometimes low.
When without warning we receive a blow,
The course of destiny is beginning to show.

Try as we may, there's no going back,
Our course is set on a different tack.
The journey we must now rearrange,
As our destiny, we cannot change.

To new horizons we set our sail,
With Divine guidance we might prevail,
To reach that shore we long to find,
If to us destiny is kind.

It is not easy the task we're set,
Mountains we climb, challenges met,
And at the end of our life's haul,
We are beckoned by destiny's call.

Written & (c) John McKay Withey 2008