lost among silence

silence preceeds the monotonous din
the rains falling endless in sheets
the path seems lit but i cannot see the
people with sharp shadows coming close
i ask the glistening eyes the way
and a soul points into the waiting fog
i take my track on the greasy grass
a slip and a shake and a heart beat fast
into the white i see some trunks of
long dead wood with mossy coat
i let myself into the descending road
but i stand in moment at a confused stop
i look back to my partner but seldom seen
a feeble light from the farther hill
i trace back to the original stand
and ponder once again at the way not mine.