Friday, 5 August 2016

In A Russian Mountain (头巾)

They told you at the end of the tunnel was something worth losing yourself for. 
You were ambitious and greedy,
But now you are stuck in the middle,
Your torch blew out days ago and with it the last of your hope,
The guide that found you was lost too,
Weary at first tried to lead you as best he could.
It was dark and cramped so you did not follow him with certainty,
But with two it was warm and homely,
You were famished and who wants to walk alone?
The whistles now carried hindsight with them,
Where before they carried a complex lunacy. 
The intricacy now beautiful, 
Abstained until now from this new warmth, 
To fill the void around and within
and for a time there was light. 


There were fights,
Casualties and signs of betrayal at first,
But there was always respect,
Always peace,
Always a payoff.
You would get stronger from this,
And even if you were stranded,
You'd be stranded together.

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