Steps by Leann Snider

How many steps have I taken

Upon this path I chose

The long steps of youth

When life was like a rose?

Beautiful and blooming

Face turned to the sun

Smile like a dreamer's wish

And all I did was run.

How many steps I've taken

When I felt I could take no more

When tears made me stumble

When my feet were tired and sore.

When those endless sunny days

Turned into darkest nights

When my soul got too weary

And just took off in flight.

The steps of youth, forgotten

Slowed to give me time

To watch where I was going

To make sense of what was mine.

Now the steps are shorter

The footprints fade away

Someday they'll be but echoes

Like stars that fade with day.

How many steps have I taken

How many more to go?

I know I will keep moving

On this path I know

With stardust running through my veins

And magic in my eyes

I step to new horizons

Until my spirit flies.