I whispered solemn secrets the night before it happened,
a deal with fate that I thought was forever sealed.
Much of the strength I could muster was a little more than
Herculean. But tangled webs of thought were being woven in morning's stead
and I couldn't figure out why
my heart was crippling in my chest. So,
hunchbacked with pain I travelled far and long
venturing out of the castle in my mind, that
I learnt to call my home. And with a cape of courage,
I fled into the woods. But little did I know,
it was alive with all the wolves.