If You Could Walk In My Shoes

By: Athens Eternal Maiden

A Poem in the point of view of a seasoned traveler

If you could walk in my shoes, your feet would almost fall off

And your heart would surely fall out

With all the atrocities that I've seen

And all the friends and lovers that have gone

They say "It's not where you're from; it's where you're going"

But now, I no longer know

After leaving that horror so long ago

I stole away, and was shunned by those who I had-maybe- called friends

To seek a new life, one of adventure without end

Now, I've had plenty of adventure, and my old "home" is now gone

And I long for the days when I could dream

Without knowing

What my dreams really meant

I go by many names, but, most know me as one

And that name, I have tarnished

It once meant healer, helper, and listener

Now it means warrior, monster, and destroyer of worlds

And, many of those, I have ended

I am a traveler among the stars, but, I shall never become one

Because, the darkness in my heart should soon eat me up, and all those around me

So, I get close to the stars, and pluck them from the skies for a short time

I take them with me, but, they extinguish in the end

Because, they must always return to the sky

And, if they do not, they die

Why? Why do they always die?

So, I put on a new face, a new persona, a new set of clothes

A new smile and I choose another

Sometimes, they stay for an eternity

Sometimes, just a little while

But, for that time, I always smile

I'm back to being that same old adventurer

That traveler among the stars

A raggedy man

Who can tell you the secrets of the world

And whisk you off to another

Who?

That's who.