Following Light

My steps lead me down

A narrow path

In a dense and frightening forest.

I search the darkness

I search for light

But find none.

An obsidian maze

Closes around me

I cannot escape.

So I run through the forest

The densely grown forest

And lift my eyes to the sky

But there is no light.

Leaves, woven chain

Above me form a devil's dome

My eyes fall

With my tears.

There is no light

There is no hope

And I run.

My feet pound and my heart beats

With the rhythm of a drum.

Panic fills my chest-

Clawing hand close around me 

They tear at my hands and feet

The Trapper's snares

I am blind yet I run.

In desperation

I call out for help-

And suddenly it ends.

The labrynth throws me 

From its evil grasp.

I break through the foliage

And see light all around

Silvery and bright.

As I stand in the meadow-

My circle of freedom,

I wipe the tears from my eyes.

I lift my eyes 

To the sky once more 

And I see the stars.

Endless, shining pinpricks of light

In the silence of solitude

I realize there is light

A multitude, a mass

Braving the darkness of the world. 

Take heart and do not fear, my child

Says the One who knows all

For the brightest light of all 

Is a beacon to lead us home.