Bleeding Heart

The Abandoned Castle

"The Unknown Path"

(part 1)

The sky was growing dark

As I walked down the trail,

A trail unknown

Leading through the forests of the mountain,

A trail none had traversed before

A path I wanted to explore.

It had been morning

But now night took its toll.

Too curious to turn back, though

Instead I continued on

Up the narrowing, overgrown path.

Thunder rumbled across the mountains

And raindrops began to fall,

The wind picked up, rustling the trees all around

As lightning flashed, illuminating the world.

Suddenly dark shapes appeared

Stark lines in the sky

Ahead of the narrow, dirt trail

And I stopped, I waited,

Wondering what it was or could be.

The sky flashed white

The shapes burned into life

Taking form

Revealing towers of daggers

Reaching up to the sky.

More curious now

Of where this path led,

I continued on

Until the forest ended

And the trail opened wide

Revealing the shapes' true form

A castle and stone towers

Resting lonely on top of the hill,

Its walls covered with vines

Stones missing here and there

Like an ancient skeleton.

An abandoned castle,

Empty and forlorn.

This was where the path ended.

The overgrown path

That I had glimpsed day by day

Wonderous and mysterious

As it curved its way, disappearing

Up into the mountain mists.

I finally knew

Where the unknown path led.

"Forgotten"

(part 2)

The rain slowed down

As the moon began to shine

Illuminating the castle's wet stones.

The forgotten castle

That rested on a hill

All alone in the mountains,

A castle I had found