Maybe

Maybe inside the cleansing fires

I'll find a way out of the misery

That surrounds us all today

Maybe all is not yet lost

Maybe there's still some hope

Maybe there's a wise guide up higher

Who'll point me out my missteps

And prepare me for the way

Maybe I'll find a torch

Maybe I'll retrace the slopes

Maybe other travelers in the past

Have left telltale signs along the path

I'll leave some as well on the way

Maybe they'll help someone else

Maybe then I'll not lose hope

Maybe soon, as I rest, someone

Will follow my signs and reach me

We'll spread the light with our torches

Maybe all is not yet lost

Maybe there's still some hope

                                  -o-