the road ahead
- journeyTravel from place to place
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- futureTime still to come
- pathRoute for traveling
- highwayMajor road for travel
destination · distance · travel · forward · windshield · pavement · stretch · miles · unknown · adventure · asphalt · driving · onward · possibilities · lanes · headlights · tomorrow · passage
temporal direction
the road aheadthe past
All elapsed time
hindsight · history · former times · yesterday · memory
progress vs. stagnation
the road aheaddead end
Passage without outlet
roadblock · impasse · brick wall · standstill · cul-de-sac
certainty of path
the road aheadaimlessness
Lack of direction
wandering · crossroads · uncertainty · the void · uncharted territory