"If I Look Back, I Am Lost"

Entering the Unknown

It beckons to me,

calling out to my soul,

dragging my heart

by its love-clogged arteries

into the depths of the unfamiliar,

forcing me to

enter the unknown.

I've avoided this gateway

for so long,

terrified by the blinding blackness,

leaving me in the shadows

I have been trained to fear,

as I always come out

with something missing,

and more often than not

a hole in my chest

where it once had settled,

nestled comfortably in my bosom,

ever contented to

proclaim my passion.

But, alas,

it has already been stolen

out from under my nose,

and now I must delve into

the dank darkness

to retrieve my heart,

damaged and disheveled as it is;

you only get one after all.

I can only hope

that I won't find it

broken and bleeding

beyond my reach,

spilling my life,

feeding the dusk.

For if a man dies

in his own desolation,

does he make a sound

or cease silently

with only the silence

to keep him company?

"If I look back, I am lost."

-Daenerys Targaryen