The Road Not Taken

"Sir, can you give me directions?
I seem to have lost my way.
I stepped off the path a moment
to tend to a passing stray.

He led me so far from home
coaxed me onto a different course,
Ushered me into the unknown ,
with words as sure as their source."

"But madam you haven't explained
where you would like to go
Would you like to find your stray
or return to the land of long ago"

"My old path was straight
but had no end in site
And my stray was exciting
But far from being right

What I'm searching for is a road
that can lead me to happiness
A destination without pain
without this hopeless mess"

"Well darling, let me tell you
you're going about this all wrong
Happiness is not a destination
it's the way you sing the song

Happiness is a skill to be learned
to stop caring about the rot
Always love the ones you've got
And stop worrying about the plot

There's no way to get to happiness
It's something only you can create
just dance in the rain, sing a new song
and give yourself over to fate."