Walking
down the hallway of
this
old abandoned castle,
She
shivers as the night breeze
Passing
through the worn down windows.
She
continue following the voices that has been calling,
Carrying
on her steps until
She
reaches the room by the end of the corridor.
“This
is where I need to be”.
Staring into this old cracked
mirror,
She sees nothing more besides
The reflected image of the self
Pondering restlessly about the tome
of the forbidden lore,
It is late, and it is half past
four.
Day one, she reminds herself over
and over
That the knowledge of the book
brings about only disaster,
She should seize her wonder.
But another voice in her head tells
her,
“ No, that can’t be it, and I wish
for more.”
Day two, she thinks to herself,
Perhaps the lore of the tome will
be a great help,
“Perhaps I need to be rid of my
fear, throw away my doubt.
Just one page and never more.”
She finishes her reading, yet
yearns for more.
Day three, she gives up her
rationality vulnerably,
Flipping through the pages
attentively.
Deceiving herself even more.
This utterly wrong,
But the wrong is what temps her to
reach for more.
Here she is again,
In the last room of the castle’s
corridor.
The room where ancient ritual took
pace,
centuries ago.
This is where she found the
grimoire
Filled with forbidden knowledge
that she was supposed to ignore.
Staring into this old cracked
mirror,
she see something more besides
The reflected image of the self,
nothing like before.
Wondering restlessly once again, “
is she truly I,
Or a blighted creature that I
abhor.”