A Traveler's Destination

into a hidden valley walks
a thoughtful man not knowing
he's the first to stir it's dust
that he's reached the place
he once set out to find
too worried to even glance
at the landscape before him

out of the all-engulfing gloom
rises a massive shape in awe now
he beholds the tower of the world

within the ancient walls of a fortress
older than time on this sacred ground
he will face his destiny

one single lit window fills him with hope
open swing the doors he steps inside
even thicker blackness throws its arms
around him blindly he begins his ascent

a hundred eyes staring at me invisible hands
tearing at my soul high above a beckoning light one false step an infinite fall dwindling strength crippling fear between me and my uncertain goal
.

within the ancient...

the single candle that lights
the pergameneous pages
flickers at the entrance
of the stumbling warrior
think himself in a dream
he nears the book of mankind
and reads the tale
of the coming of the shadow

within the ancient walls
of a fortress older than time
he turns the page
and meets his destiny

the history of the world revealed
on the leaves before him
his eyes read the tale
of the return of the light
and as he reads
the future of mankind
unfolds in all the lands
the wanderer once crossed

within the ancient...