Where Once I Walked This Hidden Road
Where once I walked this hidden road
I now see light and sky
This was the path of secrecy and
always had been so
But now this path the world can see
If they know where to look, they
can follow it with me
The trees surrounding me are
still as strong
Their trunks are ever wide
But now between them are shafts
of light and sunshine fills the sky
Where once I walked this hidden road
I now see light and sky
So who did spread this truth about,
who told the world and did not lie?
So many of us now tell our tales
Of how to find the forest’s hidden trail
And so the secret now is shared
And those who know it need not be scared
Some walk together, some walk alone
But all of us walk in to the unknown
Where once I walked this hidden road
I now see light and sky
And in my very soul I know,
I will walk this path until I die
Though the end of this road is rarely
in sight It is sometimes glimpsed in the dead of light
When Hecate’s veil begins to lift
And she offers to us that greatest gift
And when I am embraced in her
arms so tight
I know I will be back here again…
Where once I walk this hidden road.
—Arietta Bryant, Ramblings & Rhymes
Witches Of The Craft® 