Forest-Flame

A tale of warning for these times This world holds more than you will find Until you stumble into mind Within the woodland lost inside As we awaken, into pain The broken emptiness and shame We will misplace our brightest flame The self we journey to find again In moonlit whispers, we brave the cold With shadows stalking through the snow Approaching a forest, so alone Our spirit guide waiting at home A wood that’s thickened by this night Our sadness darkened in this light We stumble forward, filled with fright A movement swallowing our sight Our senses count the crushing beat A heart of ice beneath our feet The path is hidden under sleet These bonds of fear are now complete Frozen, empty; ensnared by dread We hear the haunting call of death The forest living, we now see its depths Our mind expanding to its breadth Through hallowed pillars filled with eyes Through water, fire, earth and sky Entangled visions unravelling lies Our fears will fade and sun will rise In sunlit whispers, we’re no longer cold Its flame begins to make us whole We’re through the forest; not alone Because we never left our home