Two Roads

Two roads appear in the desert eve
And I, helpless to choose
For both could be empty, what can I see
In the headlights as night time descends
The silhouette of a distant scene

The first is lined with gravel and stone
Twisting away into scrub
The other is paved, it may be safe
Though as for that who passes knows
And it goes on into setting sun

Nothing is sure in fading light
Are thieves waiting in the black
To take from me possibility
How can I choose only one
And leave the other road unknown

I will remember this turn, sometime
So many miles from now
Two roads appeared in the desert night
I took the one less travelled by
Who knows what difference it made