I Followed The Will-O'-The-Wisps [POEM]

Be wary of the will-o'-the-wisps,

for they will lead you to treasures

that you wished you didn't know,

didn't see, and didn't have.

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I Followed The

Will-O'-The-Wisps

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Artist: Ferdinand Ladera

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I followed the will-o'-the-wisp trail

With silent steps as they guide me

Towards where a treasure trove was kept,

A place that was long forgotten,

The path was a long and winded one,

Over mountains, across rivers,

To forests that were long forgotten

Even from maps they were once in,

But I need to be brave about this,

For I believe that the treasures

Would be what I need to change my life,

To turn it 'round for the better,

I followed the will-o'-the-wisp trail

With furtive steps as they guide me

To where a cornucopia of lost

Gold was hidden from the whole world,

This journey began with such high hopes,

But in just a day, I became

Frightened to what I might find out there,

To what curse I might awaken,

Intrusive thoughts swirled around my head,

What if there were no treasures found?

What if I will be forgotten as

I trailed the Ignis Fatui?

I followed the will-o'-the-wisp trail

In hopes they guide me to treasures,

But what I have found was an old name,

Carved in a tree within this glade,

And it is this particular tree

Within the heart of this old glade

That was vaguely familiar to me,

That gave me a sense of calmness,

'Twas both odd and infuriating

That I found nothing but a throne,

Though the name made me quite curious;

Had it belonged to some old god?

But by chance, I recognised the name,

An all too familiar one at that,

I brushed my hand to where it was carved,

And in a flash, I ed,

And that this so-called old god was me.

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BG Photographer: Florian Olivo