By The Wayside

Your life waves like a banner
 flapping in the wind
 too proud to take it down
 you've never brought it in
 you could have mended every hole
 with just a touch of grace
 but you leave your answers
 in a cloud of dust, behind your race
 By the wayside
 friends and lovers you've discarded
 by the wayside
 gallant plans, disregarded
 by the wayside
 pieces to your puzzled soul
 they'll scatter to the wind, or make you whole
 you train your fear like muscle
 poised to take you far
 but it's not long before you look back
 and wonder who you are
 you'll dream of faces you have loved
 and all they had to teach
 unwillingly angels hiding
 well within your reach
 By the wayside
 stopping on that rare occasion
 by the wayside
 staring into your salvation
 by the wayside
 are pieces to your puzzled soul
 they'll scatter to the wind
 or make you whole