In the dream,
you enter a cavern
lit by flickering torches
spaced along the stone walls.
The air is humid,
water drips from the ceiling.
A gravel path leads you deeper,
though the view is obscured by twists and turns;
you seldom see more
than 30 feet ahead.
Where are you headed?
deep into the unexplored recesses
of your own psyche? your subconscious? your soul?
toward meaning? significance?
the heart of God?
You're drawn forward by the promise
of something undefined, but necessary.
Curiosity, excitement, fear, hope mingle,
but you trust, knowing that nothing,
ultimately,
can harm you.
The further you travel,
the more invincible you become.
In this journey,
the monsters, pits and despair
only appear to those who turn back.
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