Don't go down that path

It leads to darkness

I must walk straight

Through the land between

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And I spiral higher and higher

Walking on wind and stars

I am walking on a fine line

In between waking and asleep

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Normally there are five paths

I can take through this land

But today

The Stars and Moon aligned

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And a sixth path opened

Spirling upwards towards the sky

And I took it

Walking on stars

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It spiraled higher and higher

And in the distance far below

I saw the clearing

That I came from

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And higher and higher

I passed the white steps

That lead to the Sky portal

And eventually that to passed by

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And soon I was in the stars

They surrounded me.

And a portal was there.

Not like any other

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It was made of stars

And this portal

Warped the air around it

Swirling with light

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And so

I stepped through it

And found myself on an island

Hanging in the air

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This island

Lit by no sun

Lit by stars

But bright as day

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And a river

Flowing through this land

I stepped on a path of stones

And crossed it.

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And through the trees

I found a clearing

And a creature asked my

Why I thought I was worthy

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And I told him my reasons

For coming here

To help the world

And those in it

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And he told me that my answer

Was so close

But not enough

And he lead me away

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To a place in the trees

Where I sat

And though about my life

And who I am.

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And only when I admitted

That I wanted what was here

And that part of it was

Selfishness

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Then a path opened in the trees

And I stepped through

I walked along it.

And three portals stood before me

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To this day

I remember not there colors

But they glowed brightly

And they swirled with light.

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And I sat near the center

Of these three circles

And In my hands

A rock appeared

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The rock was black

With a golden tree

And as I held it

It began to glow

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Brighter and brighter.

But the path I walked was narrow

The world between life and death

The place between places

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And I fell

So far

Tumbling down

Into the world of sleep

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And the next day I woke

Exhausted

As though I had run

For miles on end

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And that night I found the path again

Quicker this time

It was made of stars

Made of wind

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And when I stepped

Into the stars

I found the island

Covered in brambles

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And when I asked

The man what to do

He told me it was my fault

For coming through this place

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And I found again

The three portals

And this time

Two stones were there

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Both were black

As the darkest night

One glowed with a golden tree

The other silver.

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And they both glowed

With their light

And I found myself on the island

And I spoke to the man again

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And I touched the rocks

And it repeated

And I spoke to the man

And the island as well

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But you cannot stay in this world for long

Before falling either way.

There are creatures that can

Stay there all night

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And sometimes I think

I have a drop of their blood

For I can stay

Longer then most

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But eventually I slipped

Of the narrow path

I cannot stay

Long here

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And I fell into sleep

Before the brambles were gone

And I've tried

Over and over again.

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But to find the portal

To see the grass

I must see the stars

And be under there light

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And since that day

I cannot be

But soon

I will find the path again

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And this time

I shall stay the path

And the two rocks 

Will help me heal that land.

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