Labyrinth

by Charlemaine

Asleep', and yet awake...' To discover the light one must pass through the dark. Based on Guillermo del Toro's 'Pan's Labyrinth'. submitted under Movie Crossovers bcause there isn't a category for the film yet.

In the story, I was dead

And reborn into forgetfulness

In the winding maze I walked

On secret paths unseen

Cradled by the voice

Of fate that waits so

Patiently

Take me to the labyrinth

To the shadow-song

Guided by your silhouette

To the light that lies beyond

Lives that I have lived are

Empty treasures I know to be wrong

Take me back to creation-spring

To the dark where I belong.

Tender, I crawled from the shade

To melt in screaming sun

And searched for whispers

Of a world that I had left behind

Led only by my infant-soul

Asleep, and yet awake

Take me to the wilderness

To wood and wind and earth

Dance with tail and cloven hoof

With the waxing of the moon

I don't want to dream of life

When I can live the dream

Take me to the labyrinth

To the paradise unseen.