A Learned Man Came to Me at Once

--->A learned man came to me once.
He said, "I know the way, -- come."
And I was overjoyed at this.
Together we hastened.
Soon, too soon, were we
Where my eyes were useless,
And I knew not the ways of my feet.
I clung to the hand of my friend;
But at last he cried, "I am lost."<---

This poem by Steven Crane really shows me that when you follow someone, 

they might not be trustworthy. He says "I knew not the ways of my feet" and I feel 

like he meant that when you follow someone it isn't YOUR path, the way you were

suppose to go. He says he clung to the hand of "this man", obviously with trust, 

but his friend cried out "I am lost" therefore "this man" wasn't trustworthy to 

begin with. Be an individual, then maybe if you get lost you can blame yourself for 

being so misguided.