Tapestry of Life

I wrote this a while back. It's how I feel about life & the world sometimes.

We each travel our separate road,
Along the grand illusion of life,
Seeking fleeting pleasures,
Encountering both joys and pain,

At crossroads we meet each other,
Lives touch for brief moments,
Some entwine to continue the dance,
While others are but strangers within it;

Lives joined in love burn bright,
The pathways aglow with its light,
Those of bold individual roads,
They too add their own deep hues,

Even the lost, the dull and the empty,
Their roads give life its shadows,
In their twilight they give depth,
All color the roads of life.