
The Forest: Will O’ Wisp
I watched the little light dance in the trees
Floating and drifting through the limbs
So smooth and so calm, I am fixated
I follow, slow and steady
It leads me down a wooded path
Deeper than I’ve gone before
ENGL 3110C Week 3 The Power of Descriptive Techniques
I am enveloped in the gloom of the night
I follow, slow and steady
The distance between us never grows
Nor do we come within reach
I wonder where it is taking me.
I follow, slow and steady
My feet have gone cold
The pain in my legs keeps me focused
I can hear a splash with each step
I follow, slow and steady
Water climbs to my waist
ENGL 3110C Week 3 The Power of Descriptive Techniques
My eyes burn from not blinking
But I refuse to look away from the light ahead
I follow, slow and steady
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The light dives below the water, and I follow
I feel its cold embrace envelop me all over
Yet the light in my sight brings me peace
I follow, sinking till I can no longer see