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Lost

Must I say that I am lost

The sun dripped fields have turned

Into waving trees and creaking limbs

The sun no longer smiles

But the moon, it gives a starry grin.

The way behind me I do not wish to go

For I have seen the perils that lie within

The road back to my sanity yes,

But the road back to normalcy it intends.

 

Shall I cross the creek on rocks made of clay

Push through tall grass with a trustworthy blade?

Stumble into the waters made by the gods themselves

Or be lost for a bit,

Try to find the way myself

 

Cheers to the bathed moonlight

Behind tall giants of bark,

Dropping boulders of pine at my feet

They block my way

And make their mark

 

I strike up a match

And host a giant’s fire.

Unapproved by the surrounding frowns,

The whistle fear in the form of darkness.

 

Shall I stay in the odyssey?

These new friends of mine,

They whisper thoughts of company.

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Mar 14, 2010
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