Here I am once again

So close to the threshold

Of choices

Of dilemmas

Of misery and pain

 

There is a voice calling to me

From beyond

Haunting and cold

 

Reason is her name

 

My feet

Will not move

Will not take the step

Will not close the door

 

Again

Her voice echoes into my mind

Demanding me to obey

 

Reason

So wise

So apathetic

So unkind

 

My feet

Will not move

They are anchored

Deep

Deep

Within my sea

 – Dark Sea

A wasteland

 

Reason

Her face so pale

Her eyes so clear

Her lips so thin

 

Oracle

Seer

Prophetess

 

My feet

Tremble with fear

They loosen their dull roots

From the earth

-- Hollow earth

A wasteland

 

Reason

My enchantress

You call to me

Offering your distant hand

 

My feet

Fragile and weak

Break free

From the sea

From the earth

 

I step forward

I stumble

I take her hand

 

Steady…

 

I close the door