I arrive searching at a crossroads
the dense fecund flora around me whispers,
This is a labyrinthine quest
long bark fingers reach out from the shadowscapes
they hand me a stone tablet
transcribed with incomprehensible scripture
I grace my fingers over the stone
the words chime within me,
*There is no prize
no obvious winners
only scathed players*
the words resound
beneath the fierceness of the wind
*If they speak from the soil
they murmur hidden truths*
the leaves encircle themselves
in a waltz around my body
and assure me,
*You cannot listen too keenly
you may imagine yourself
a half truth
a projection
that isn't real*
out of fear
I rise to the tops of the echoing wood
then fall as the ravenous roots
force me onto a cobblestone pathway
only lit
by the corvine call.
Mar 10, 2017
Mar 10, 2017 at 1:30 AM UTC
I arrive searching at a crossroads
the dense fecund flora around me whispers,
This is a labyrinthine quest
long bark fingers reach out from the shadowscapes
they hand me a stone tablet
transcribed with incomprehensible scripture
I grace my fingers over the stone
the words chime within me,
*There is no prize
no obvious winners
only scathed players*
the words resound
beneath the fierceness of the wind
*If they speak from the soil
they murmur hidden truths*
the leaves encircle themselves
in a waltz around my body
and assure me,
*You cannot listen too keenly
you may imagine yourself
a half truth
a projection
that isn't real*
out of fear
I rise to the tops of the echoing wood
then fall as the ravenous roots
force me onto a cobblestone pathway
only lit
by the corvine call.
