A Journey towards Knowledge

It is a long hard road, that I must take
A journey alone, on a cold dark night.
I must finish before this I do break:
What little knowledge is now in my sight.

I like to travel this old road alone
So no one can see my inward struggle
I've seen others who on this road have gone,
And know I have not the only troubles.

We pass by each other without a sign
Because each knows of the other's travail
And we keep on, leaving the other behind
So close to the end, why does our site fail?

Perhaps if we'd helped the other back then,
A journey toward truth, our road would have been.