
Up the hill,\
Steep and exciting climb.\
Yet the wind,\
It sang.\
Electric. Enchanted.\
A thrill beyond wanted.\
Doors opened,\
As if the Gods listened.\
Nothing I would dare imagine.\
A wish once distant.

Then, my dark side betrayed.\
Keys slid through my fingers,\
I freaked the leader.\
Keepers swung,\
Casted out,\
Rightly so.\
I rattled their bones.

Yet embers held,\
Love prevailed.\
Deep within the soul.\
Not vanished. Not lost.\
A heartbeat that won't stop.

A fresh star shines.\
No flare. No mask.\
Rooted like the vines.\
Hill at sight,\
Back at it.\
With my loved ones by my side.
